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Combined assessment of sex- and mutation-specific information for risk stratification in type 1 long QT syndrome.
Heart rhythm - 1 Jun 2012
Costa Jason, Lopes Coeli M, Barsheshet Alon, Moss Arthur J, Migdalovich Dmitriy, Ouellet Gregory, McNitt Scott, Polonsky Slava, Robinson Jennifer L, Zareba Wojciech, Ackerman Michael J, Benhorin Jesaia, Kaufman Elizabeth S, Platonov Pyotr G, Shimizu Wataru, Towbin Jeffrey A, Vincent G Michael, Wilde Arthur A M, Goldenberg Ilan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Men and women with type 1 long QT syndrome (LQT1) exhibit time-dependent differences in the risk for cardiac events. OBJECTIVE: We hypothesized that sex-specific risk for LQT1 is related to the location and function of the disease-causing mutation in the KCNQ1 gene. METHODS: The risk for life-threatening cardiac events (comprising aborted cardiac arrest [ACA] or sudden cardiac death [SCD]) from birth...
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