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Long QT syndrome. Why does sex matter?
Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie - 1 Sept 2004
Kääb S, Pfeufer A, Hinterseer M, Näbauer M, Schulze-Bahr E
Abstract excerpt
There is increased awareness of the extent to which cardiac function is influenced by gender. One of the most dramatic and potentially lethal differences is that seen in cardiac repolarization reflected in the QT interval of the surface ECG. Gender differences in QT and QTc intervals have been observed to change during the lifetime in the general population. These differences can be explained to a large extent by...
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