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A history of stressful life events, prolonged mental stress and arrhythmic events in inherited long QT syndrome.
Heart (British Cardiac Society) - 1 Aug 2010
Hintsa T, Puttonen S, Toivonen L, Kontula K, Swan H, Keltikangas-Järvinen L
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To examine whether a history of stressful life events and prolonged mental stress are associated with arrhythmic events in inherited long QT syndrome (LQTS). METHODS: Participants who had a molecularly established mutation of KCNQ1, KCNH2 or SCN5A channel and were thus diagnosed as patients with LQT1, LQT2 and LQT3 (n=566), accordingly. The control group consisted of their 614 non-affected relatives. A...
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