Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 1 , Pages 26-32 , July 2009

Misdiagnosis of Long QT Syndrome as Epilepsy at First Presentation

  • Judith M. MacCormick, MBChB

      Affiliations

    • Green Lane Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Service, Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
    • Cardiac Inherited Diseases Group, New Zealand
    • ,
  • Hugh McAlister, FCSANZ

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Inherited Diseases Group, New Zealand
    • Department of Cardiology, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand
    • ,
  • Jackie Crawford, NZCS

      Affiliations

    • Green Lane Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Service, Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
    • Cardiac Inherited Diseases Group, New Zealand
    • ,
  • John K. French, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Inherited Diseases Group, New Zealand
    • Department of Cardiology, Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    • ,
  • Ian Crozier, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Inherited Diseases Group, New Zealand
    • Department of Cardiology, Christchurch Hospital, New Zealand
    • ,
  • Andrew N. Shelling, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Inherited Diseases Group, New Zealand
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
    • ,
  • Carey-Anne Eddy, MSc (Med)

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Inherited Diseases Group, New Zealand
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
    • ,
  • Mark I. Rees, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Inherited Diseases Group, New Zealand
    • Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
    • School of Medicine, University of Wales Swansea, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Jonathan R. Skinner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Green Lane Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Service, Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
    • Cardiac Inherited Diseases Group, New Zealand
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: J. R. Skinner, MD, Green Lane Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Services, Starship Children's Hospital, Level 3, Building 32, Private Bag 92 029, Auckland, New Zealand; 64-9-307-4949, fax 64-9-631-0785

Received 22 June 2008 ,Revised 18 January 2009 ,Accepted 26 January 2009.

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 Author contributions: All authors participated in the concept, design, analysis, writing, and revision of the article. JS takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article, that might create any potential conflict of interest. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. The Cardiac Inherited Disease Group is supported by Cure Kids, the Green Lane Research and Education Fund and the Lion Foundation. Dr. MacCormick was supported by a research fellowship grant from the Southern Trust.

 Publication date: Available online March 12, 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.01.031

Annals of Emergency Medicine
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