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Comparison of electrocardiographic QTc duration in patients with supravalvar aortic stenosis with versus without Williams syndrome.
The American journal of cardiology - 15 May 2013
McCarty Hollyn M, Tang Xinyu, Swearingen Christopher J, Collins R Thomas
Abstract excerpt
Cardiovascular abnormalities in Williams syndrome (WS) are largely attributable to elastin haploinsufficiency resulting from a large deletion of the elastin-containing region on chromosome 7q11.23. The risk of sudden death in patients with WS is 25- to 100-fold greater than that in the general population. The corrected QT (QTc) interval is prolonged in 14% of patients with WS. Patients with nonsyndromic...
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