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QT SYNDROME

QT syndrome is an inherited condition involving defects in the
potassium channels in the heart, which impairs the heart’s ability to
transmit electricity. Those suffering from QT risk sudden death from ex-
cessive exercise or even a nightmare.
The heart’s electrical activities need to be simultaneous if the organ
is to properly perform all its functions. The body’s natural pacemaker,
which regulates the rhythm of the heartbeat, sends an electrical signal to
every cardiac cell for their contractions to begin. In order for the heart-
beat to occur, the potassium channels must open and the potassium ions
have to be permitted to leave the cell. In QT syndrome, however, as a re-
sult of functional defects in these channels, the cells’ acquisition of elec-
trical properties for the next beat is delayed. When the heart is stimulat-
ed excessively by emotion or exercise, the defective channels don’t allow
enough potassium to depart, and this electrical irregularity can lead to
the sudden death.