J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Sep 30;64(13):1352-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.05.068.
Abu-Zeitone A, Peterson DR, Polonsky B, McNitt S, Moss AJ.
Abstract
BACKGROUND:
In LQTS, β-blocker therapy is effective in reducing the risk of cardiac events (syncope, aborted cardiac arrest, sudden cardiac death). Limited studies have compared the efficacy of different β-blockers.
OBJECTIVES:
The goal...
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Monthly Archives: Ottobre 2014
Rationale and Objectives for ECG Screening in Infancy.
Heart Rhythm. 2014 Sep 16. pii: S1547-5271(14)01039-X. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.09.047. [Epub ahead of print]
Philip Saul J, Schwartz PJ, Ackerman MJ, Triedman JK.
Abstract
Electrocardiographic (ECG) screening of infants and children who may be at risk for sudden cardiac death is controversial, and both rational and emotional...
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Clinical spectrum of fetal long QT syndrome: a single-center experience.
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2014 Sep 23:1-16. [Epub ahead of print]
Flöck A, Herberg U, Gembruch U, Merz W.
Abstract
Abstract Objective: A considerable...
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Routine ECG Screening in Infancy and Early Childhood Should Not Be Performed.
Heart Rhythm. 2014 Sep 16. pii: S1547-5271(14)01038-8. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.09.046. [Epub ahead of print]
Skinner JR, Van Hare GF.
Abstract
For all of us working in the field of inherited heart conditions, our ultimate aim is the prevention of sudden cardiac death in young people in our...
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Must every child with long QT syndrome take a beta blocker?
Arch Dis Child. 2014 Sep 30. pii: archdischild-2014-306864. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-306864. [Epub ahead of print]
Waddell-Smith KE, Earle N, Skinner JR.
Abstract
Long QT syndrome is the most commonly recognised cause of sudden cardiac death in children. With a prevalence of 1 in 2000, family screening is identifying large numbers of hitherto asymptomatic gene carriers...
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