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The risk of cardiac events and genotype-based management of LQTS patients.
Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc - 1 Jan 2009
Markiewicz-Łoskot Grazyna, Moric-Janiszewska Ewa, Mazurek Urszula
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This review discusses the risk of cardiac events and genotype-based management of LQTS. We describe here the genetic background of long QT syndrome and the eleven different genes for ion-channels and a structural anchoring protein associated with that disorder. Clinical Background section discusses the risk of cardiac events associated with different LQTS types. Management and Prevention section describes in turn...
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