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Genetics of acquired long QT syndrome.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Aug 2005
Roden Dan M, Viswanathan Prakash C
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The QT interval is the electrocardiographic manifestation of ventricular repolarization, is variable under physiologic conditions, and is measurably prolonged by many drugs. Rarely, however, individuals with normal base-line intervals may display exaggerated QT interval prolongation, and the potentially fatal polymorphic ventricular tachycardia torsade de pointes, with drugs or other environmental stressors such...
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