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T-peak to T-end interval may be a better predictor of high-risk patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy associated with a cardiac troponin I mutation than QT dispersion.
Clinical cardiology - 1 Jul 2002
Shimizu Masami, Ino Hidekazu, Okeie Kazuyasu, Yamaguchi Masato, Nagata Mitsuru, Hayashi Kenshi, Itoh Hideki, Iwaki Taku, Oe Kotaro, Konno Tetsuo, Mabuchi Hiroshi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) associated with a deletion of lysine 183 (K183del) in the cardiac troponin I (cTnI) gene suffer sudden cardiac death at all ages. However, the correlation between QT variables and sudden cardiac death in these patients remains uncertain. HYPOTHESIS: We evaluated the correlation between QT variables and sudden cardiac death and/or ventricular...
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