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Age- and genotype-specific triggers for life-threatening arrhythmia in the genotyped long QT syndrome.
Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology - 1 Aug 2008
Sakaguchi Tomoko, Shimizu Wataru, Itoh Hideki, Noda Takashi, Miyamoto Yoshihiro, Nagaoka Iori, Oka Yuko, Ashihara Takashi, Ito Makoto, Tsuji Keiko, Ohno Seiko, Makiyama Takeru, Kamakura Shiro, Horie Minoru
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Patients with long QT syndrome (LQTS) become symptomatic in adolescence, but some become at age of >or=20 years. Since it remains unknown whether clinical features of symptomatic LQTS patients differ depending on the age of onset, we aimed to examine whether triggers for cardiac events are different depending on the age in genotyped and symptomatic LQTS patients. METHODS AND RESULTS: We identified...
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