Who Is at Risk for Cardiac Events in Young Patients with Long QT Syndrome?

Circulation Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1007-1012

  Yoshinaga, Masao ^b   Nagashima, Masami ^a   Shibata, Toshimitsu ^a   Niimura, Ichiro ^a   Kitada, Mitsuo ^a   Yasuda, Toshiaki ^a   Iwamoto, Mari ^a   Kamimura, Junko ^a   Iino, Mayu ^a   Horigome, Hitoshi ^a   Seguchi, Masashi ^a   Aiba, Sumi ^a   Izumida, Naomi ^a   Kimura, Takashi ^a   Ushinohama, Hiroya ^a   Nishi, Junichiro ^b   Kono, Yukiharu ^b   Nomura, Yuichi ^b   Miyata, Koichiro ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac events; LQTS score; Medication; Non compliance; Predictive factors

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTION; QT INTERVAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DEATH, SUDDEN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; NOISE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 10744229210     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.67.1007     Document Type: Article

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