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Catecholamine-induced T-wave lability in congenital long QT syndrome: a novel phenomenon associated with syncope and cardiac arrest.
Mayo Clinic proceedings - 1 Jan 2003
Nemec Jan, Hejlik Joseph B, Shen Win-Kuang, Ackerman Michael J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine the effects of phenylephrine and dobutamine on repolarization lability in patients with genotyped long QT syndrome (LQTS). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Between December 1998 and August 2000, 23 patients with genotyped LQTS (13 LQT1, 7 LQT2, and 3 LQT3) and 16 controls underwent electrocardiographic stress testing at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Aperiodic repolarization lability was...
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