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The importance of the epinephrine provocation test for the hidden type-1 congenital long QT syndrome.
Turk Kardiyoloji Dernegi arsivi : Turk Kardiyoloji Derneginin yayin organidir - 1 Jun 2020
Atici Adem, Asoğlu Ramazan, Barman Hasan Ali, Sahin Irfan
Abstract excerpt
Congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a genetic channelopathy associated with a high incidence of sudden cardiac death in children and young adults. QT interval prolongation is typically the primary finding on the electrocardiography (ECG) recordings, but a normal QT interval may be seen in as many as 40% of patients with LQTS due to incomplete penetrance. A normal QT interval on ECG in patients with LQTS is...
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