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Identification and genotype related classification of children with long QT-syndrome using 24 h Holter recordings.
Studies in health technology and informatics - 1 Jan 2007
Bauch Matthias, Siegler Annamaria, Khalil Markus, Zehelein Jörg, Ulmer Herbert E, Dickhaus Hartmut
Abstract excerpt
The long QT syndrome (LQTS) belongs to the family of hereditary diseases and can cause life-threatening arrhythmias and leads to sudden cardiac death. Mutations on six genes are responsible for changes in the electrophysiological properties of myocardial cells that are involved in the repolarization phase. In the surface ecg this is expressed by a prolonged QT interval and genotypespecific shapes for the T-Wave....
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