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QT interval prolongation and risk for cardiac events in genotyped LQTS-index children.
European journal of pediatrics - 1 Sept 2009
Wedekind H, Burde D, Zumhagen S, Debus V, Burkhardtsmaier G, Mönnig G, Breithardt G, Schulze-Bahr E
Abstract excerpt
Congenital long-QT syndrome (LQTS) is an inherited cardiac disorder with a disturbance in repolarization characterized by a prolonged QT interval on the surface electrocardiogram and life-threatening ventricular tachycardia. Publications from the International LQTS Registry have provided information that the cardiac risk may be influenced by gender, genotype, exposure to arrhythmia triggers, and previous cardiac...
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