Article
Long QT syndrome in adults.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology - 23 Jan 2007
Sauer Andrew J, Moss Arthur J, McNitt Scott, Peterson Derick R, Zareba Wojciech, Robinson Jennifer L, Qi Ming, Goldenberg Ilan, Hobbs Jenny B, Ackerman Michael J, Benhorin Jesaia, Hall W Jackson, Kaufman Elizabeth S, Locati Emanuela H, Napolitano Carlo, Priori Silvia G, Schwartz Peter J, Towbin Jeffrey A, Vincent G Michael, Zhang Li
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: The aims of this study were: 1) to evaluate risk factors influencing the clinical course of mutation-confirmed adult patients with long QT syndrome (LQTS), 2) to study life-threatening cardiac events as a specific end point in adults, and 3) to examine the protective effect of beta-blocker therapy on cardiac events in adult LQTS patients with known cardiac channel mutations. BACKGROUND: The clinical...
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