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Trigger-specific risk factors and response to therapy in long QT syndrome type 2.
Heart rhythm - 1 Dec 2010
Kim James A, Lopes Coeli M, Moss Arthur J, McNitt Scott, Barsheshet Alon, Robinson Jennifer L, Zareba Wojciech, Ackerman Michael J, Kaufman Elizabeth S, Towbin Jeffrey A, Vincent Michael, Goldenberg Ilan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cardiac events in patients with long QT syndrome type 2 (LQT2) are predominately associated with sudden arousal. However, exercise-induced events also occur in this population. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that risk factors show a trigger-specific association with cardiac events in LQT2 patients. METHODS: The study population consisted of 634 genetically confirmed...
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