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Risk of life-threatening cardiac events among patients with long QT syndrome and multiple mutations.
Heart rhythm - 1 Mar 2013
Mullally Jamie, Goldenberg Ilan, Moss Arthur J, Lopes Coeli M, Ackerman Michael J, Zareba Wojciech, McNitt Scott, Robinson Jennifer L, Benhorin Jesaia, Kaufman Elizabeth S, Towbin Jeffrey A, Barsheshet Alon
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Patients with long QT syndrome (LQTS) who harbor multiple mutations (i.e. ≥ 2 mutations in ≥ 1 LQTS-susceptibility gene) may experience increased risk for life-threatening cardiac events. OBJECTIVES: The present study was designed to compare the clinical course of LQTS patients with multiple mutations to those with a single mutation. METHODS: The risk for life-threatening cardiac events (comprising...
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