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Pediatric Cohort With Long QT Syndrome - KCNH2 Mutation Carriers Present Late Onset But Severe Symptoms.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society - 1 Jan 2016
Ozawa Junichi, Ohno Seiko, Hisamatsu Takashi, Itoh Hideki, Makiyama Takeru, Suzuki Hiroshi, Saitoh Akihiko, Horie Minoru
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BACKGROUND: In children with long QT syndrome (LQTS), risk factors for cardiac events have been reported, but age-, gender- and genotype-related differences in prognosis remain unknown in Asian countries. METHODS AND RESULTS: The study examined clinical prognosis at age between 1 and 20 years in 496 LQTS patients who were genotyped as either of LQT1-3 (male, n=206). Heterozygous mutations were observed in 3 major...
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