Short QT Syndrome

Your Guide to
Short QT Syndrome

This Website was established to spread the word about a heart disease called Short QT Syndrome which is easily overlooked and unfortunately life-threatening.

Introduction

A Brief overview of Short QT Syndrome

Dr. Preben Bjerregaard MD, DMSc

Dr. Preben Bjerregaard

MD, DMSc

Introduction

Preben Bjerregaard MD and his colleagues at Saint Louis University Hospital, Saint Louis Missouri, USA were the first to discover Short QT Syndrome in 1999. Their discovery prompted research by colleagues especially in Europe, Asia and in the US. Their collective work ever since then has led to our current understanding of its hereditary features, clinical manifestations and treatment options.

Short QT Syndrome (SQTS) is a very rare heart disease. Most of the public has probably never heard about it and there are still a great number of physicians who have only limited knowledge about it.

This Short QT Syndrome website is dedicated to presenting the available information about the disease in a format suitable for both the lay public and the medical professionals

Sincerely,

Preben Bjerregaard, MD, DMSc

World Map

Distribution of first 100 patients with SQTS

Dr. Preben Bjerregaard MD, DMSc

Dr. Preben Bjerregaard

MD, DMSc

Distribution of the first 100 patients with Short QT Syndrome

First 100 patients with Short QT Syndrome
  • Europe: 62 cases
  • North America: 15 cases
  • Japan: 15 cases
  • China: 7 cases
  • South America: 1 case

Video

CBAC Seminar: November 28, 2011

Dr. Preben Bjerregaard MD, DMSc

Dr. Preben Bjerregaard

MD, DMSc

Video Lecture about Short QT Syndrome