[Congenital long QT syndrome].

Article

[Congenital long QT syndrome].

Presse medicale (Paris, France : 1983) - 13 Jun 1998

Lupoglazoff J M, Denjoy I, Neyroud N, Guicheney P, Casasoprana A, Coumel P

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SEVERAL FORMS: Congenital long QT syndrome is a clinically (with and without deafness) and genetically (recessive or dominant autosomal inheritance) heterogeneous entity characterized by a long QT interval on the ECG associated with the risk of severe ventricular arrhythmia (torsade de pointes, v...

Topics

Adrenergic beta-Antagonists
Deafness
Electrocardiography, Ambulatory
Female
Genotype
Humans
Long QT Syndrome
Male
Phenotype
Prognosis
Torsades de Pointes

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