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Epinephrine-induced QT interval prolongation: a gene-specific paradoxical response in congenital long QT syndrome.
Mayo Clinic proceedings - 1 May 2002
Ackerman Michael J, Khositseth Anant, Tester David J, Hejlik Joseph B, Shen Win-Kuang, Porter Co-burn J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of epinephrine on the QT interval in patients with genotyped long QT syndrome (LQTS). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Between May 1999 and April 2001, 37 patients (24 females) with genotyped LQTS (19 LQT1, 15 LQT2, 3 LQT3, mean age, 27 years; range, 10-53 years) from 21 different kindreds and 27 (16 females) controls (mean age, 31 years; range, 13-45 years) were studied at baseline and...
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