It's also not a condition included in regular newborn screening.

screening.There are various genes that cause long QT syndrome.

The ones in the Guardian study are the most common ones of those.

The primary one is something called KCNQ1.

That's, uh, long QT syndrome type one.

It's the most common type of long QT syndrome.

There is a risk of arrhythmias from the time of birth, so the fact that we know about it now allows us to put the patient on medication that can significantly minimize the chance of having any arrhythmias going forward.

Thanks to Guardian, both the child and father are now on medication to prevent abnormal heart rhythms.