Increased iron stores prolong the <scp>QT</scp> interval – a general population study including 20 261 individuals and meta‐analysis of thalassaemia major

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The prolongation of cardiac repolarization (QT interval) has been investigated in studies of patients with secondary iron overload. However, no previous population-based study examining the effect of increased iron stores on QT interval prolongation has previously been undertaken. We tested the hypothesis that increased iron stores and haemochromatosis genotype (genetically increased iron stores) are associated...

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