Cascade screening in families with inherited cardiac diseases driven by cardiologists: feasibility and nationwide outcome in long QT syndrome.

Objectives: We assessed the outcome of cascade screening of families with congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS) in Danish heart centers.

Methods: Affected family members were identified through systematic family screening.

Results: In total, 228 affected relatives were identified from 90 families.

[Fulminant perimyocarditis following tonsillitis].

Fulminant perimyocarditis is a rare and potentially fatal condition that may mimick myocardial infarction. The long-term prognosis is favourable, once the patient has survived the index admission, and recurrence is extremely rare. This case describes a 35-year-old man, who experienced recurrence twice within six months.

[Twiddler's syndrome as the cause of pacemaker electrode displacement].

Twiddler's syndrome is a rare cause of pacemaker electrode displacement. The displacement is caused by the patient's manipulation with the pacemaker, so the electrode is retracted. We describe a case of a 79-year-old overweight woman with a known psychiatric anamnesis, who was admitted twice with twiddler's syndrome.