Risk Stratification in the Long-QT Syndrome

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Authors

Silvia G. Priori

Peter J. Schwartz · IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano

Carlo Napolitano · Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico

Raffaella Bloise · Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico

E Ronchetti · Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico

Massimiliano Grillo · Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri

Alessandro Vicentini · Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico

Abstract

The locus of the causative mutation affects the clinical course of the long-QT syndrome and modulates the effects of the QTc and sex on clinical manifestations. We propose an approach to risk stratification based on these variables.

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Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Ion channel regulation and function Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 348, Issue 19, pp. 1866-1874

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa022147

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Risk Stratification in the Long-QT Syndrome

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