Rationale and objectives for ECG screening in infancy

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2316-2321

  Saul, J Philip ^a   Schwartz, Peter J ^b   Ackerman, Michael J ^c   Triedman, John K ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^c Windland Smith Rice Sudden Death Genomics Laboratory   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

ECG screening; Infants; Long QT syndrome; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

APPARENT LIFE THREATENING EVENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; LONG QT SYNDROME; SCREENING; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; AGE; COMPLICATION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

AGE FACTORS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 84919359617     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.09.047     Document Type: Article

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