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Treadmill exercise testing improves diagnostic accuracy in children with concealed congenital long QT syndrome.
Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE - 1 Dec 2020
Patel Trisha M, Kamande Stanley M, Jarosz Elizabeth, Bost James E, Hanumanthaiah Sridhar, Berul Charles I, Sherwin Elizabeth D, Moak Jeffrey P
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BACKGROUND: Resting electrocardiogram (ECG) identification of long QT syndrome (LQTS) has limitations. Uncertainty exists on how to classify patients with borderline prolonged QT intervals. We tested if exercise testing could help serve to guide which children with borderline prolonged QT intervals may be gene positive for LQTS. METHODS: Pediatric patients (n = 139) were divided into three groups: Controls...
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