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Clinical value of electrocardiographic parameters in genotyped individuals with familial long QT syndrome.
Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE - 1 Apr 2001
Moennig G, Schulze-Bahr E, Wedekind H, Borggrefe M, Funke H, Toelle M, Kirchhof P, Eckardt L, Assmann G, Breithardt G, Haverkamp W
Abstract excerpt
Rate corrected QT interval (QTc) and QT dispersion (QTd) have been suggested as markers of an increased propensity to arrhythmic events and efficacy of therapy in patients with long QT syndrome (LQTS). To evaluate whether QTc and QTd correlate to genetic status and clinical symptoms in LQTS patients and their relatives, ECGs of 116 genotyped individuals were analyzed. JTc and QTc were longest in symptomatic...
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