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Complex and Novel Arrhythmias Precede Stillbirth in Fetuses With De Novo Long QT Syndrome.
Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology - 1 May 2020
Strand Sarah, Strasburger Janette F, Cuneo Bettina F, Wakai Ronald T
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BACKGROUND: Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a leading cause of sudden cardiac death in early life and has been implicated in ≈10% of sudden infant deaths and unexplained stillbirths. The purpose of our study was to use fetal magnetocardiography to characterize the electrophysiology and rhythm phenotypes of fetuses with de novo and inherited LQTS variants and identify risk factors for sudden death before birth....
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