Mid-Term Follow-up of School-Aged Children With Borderline Long QT Interval

Background:There are no definitive diagnostic criteria or follow-up strategies for long QT syndrome (LQTS) in children with a borderline long QT interval (b-LQT).Methods and Results:We retrospectively evaluated the clinical course, genetic testing results, corrected QT interval (QTc), and LQTS score...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Circulation Journal 2017/04/25, Vol.81(5), pp.726-732
Hauptverfasser:	Miyazaki, Aya, Sakaguchi, Heima, Matsumura, Yu, Hayama, Yosuke, Noritake, Kanae, Negishi, Jun, Tsuda, Etsuko, Miyamoto, Yoshihiro, Aiba, Takeshi, Shimizu, Wataru, Kusano, Kengo, Shiraishi, Isao, Ohuchi, Hideo
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Borderline long QT interval Cardiovascular Diseases - etiology Child Follow-Up Studies Humans Long QT syndrome Long QT Syndrome - genetics LQTS score Mid-term follow-up Retrospective Studies Schoolchildren Syncope - etiology
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Zusammenfassung:	Background:There are no definitive diagnostic criteria or follow-up strategies for long QT syndrome (LQTS) in children with a borderline long QT interval (b-LQT).Methods and Results:We retrospectively evaluated the clinical course, genetic testing results, corrected QT interval (QTc), and LQTS score of 59 school-aged children (5–18 years old) with a b-LQT (400≤QTc
ISSN:	1346-9843 1347-4820
DOI:	10.1253/circj.CJ-16-0991