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Heart rate-dependent variability of cardiac events in type 2 congenital long-QT syndrome.
Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology - 1 Nov 2010
Nagaoka Iori, Shimizu Wataru, Mizusawa Yuka, Sakaguchi Tomoko, Itoh Hideki, Ohno Seiko, Makiyama Takeru, Yamagata Ken-ichiro, Makimoto Hisaki, Miyamoto Yoshihiro, Kamakura Shiro, Horie Minoru
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: We aimed to examine the validity of heart rate (HR) at rest before β-blocker therapy as a risk factor influencing cardiac events (ventricular fibrillation, torsades de pointes, or syncope) in long QT type 2 (LQT2) patients. METHODS AND RESULTS: In 110 genetically confirmed LQT2 patients (45...
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