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I(Kr) channel blockade to unmask occult congenital long QT syndrome.
Heart rhythm - 1 Jan 2008
Jeyaraj Darwin, Abernethy Denise P, Natarajan Rupa N, Dettmer Mary M, Dikshteyn Maria, Meredith Diana M, Patel Kevin, Allareddy Raghavendra R, Lewis Steven A, Kaufman Elizabeth S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Patients with genetic evidence of long QT syndromes type 1 and 2 (LQT1, associated with impaired outward potassium current I(Ks); and LQT2, associated with impaired outward potassium current I(Kr)) may have normal baseline QT intervals (phenotype/genotype discordance) and elude clinical detection. Beta-adrenergic stimulation may unmask occult LQT1, but no maneuver has consistently unmasked the LQT2...
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