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Congenital long QT syndrome: severe torsades de pointes provoked by epinephrine in a digenic mutation carrier.
Heart & lung : the journal of critical care - 1 Jan 2000
Tan Vern Hsen, Duff Henry, Kuriachan Vikas, Gerull Brenda
Abstract excerpt
Congenital Long QT Syndrome (LQTS) is a potentially lethal cardiac channelopathy characterized by prolongation of the corrected QT (QTc) interval on the surface electrocardiogram. The hallmark phenotypic features are syncope, seizure or sudden death, however most of the mutation carriers are asym...
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