Article
Neural control of heart rate is an arrhythmia risk modifier in long QT syndrome.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology - 4 Mar 2008
Schwartz Peter J, Vanoli Emilio, Crotti Lia, Spazzolini Carla, Ferrandi Chiara, Goosen Althea, Hedley Paula, Heradien Marshall, Bacchini Sara, Turco Annalisa, La Rovere Maria Teresa, Bartoli Antonella, George Alfred L, Brink Paul A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that differences in autonomic responses might modify clinical severity in long QT syndrome type 1 (LQT1) patients, those with KCNQ1 mutations and reduced I(Ks), in whom the main arrhythmia trigger is sympathetic activation. BACKGROU...
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