The measurement of the QT interval

PG Postema, A AM Wilde - Current cardiology reviews, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
The evaluation of every electrocardiogram should also include an effort to interpret the QT
interval to assess the risk of malignant arrhythmias and sudden death associated with an …

Post-acute management of the acquired long QT syndrome

S Barra, S Agarwal, D Begley… - Postgraduate Medical …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The mechanisms underlying drug induced QT prolongation and the immediate treatment of
torsade de pointes have been extensively studied but the post-acute management of the …

Left cardiac sympathetic denervation in the Netherlands for the treatment of inherited arrhythmia syndromes

LRA Olde Nordkamp, AHG Driessen, A Odero… - Netherlands Heart …, 2014 - Springer
Introduction Treating therapy-resistant patients with inherited arrhythmia syndromes can be
difficult and left cardiac sympathetic denervation (LCSD) might be a viable alternative …

Long QT syndrome

DJ Abrams, CA MacRae - Circulation, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
Figure 1. Electrocardiographic traces from leads II and V5 (A, C–F) and lead II (B) in patients
with long QT syndrome. A, ECG traces from the initial patient described showing low …

[HTML][HTML] Propranolol prevents life-threatening arrhythmias in LQT3 transgenic mice: implications for the clinical management of LQT3 patients

L Calvillo, C Spazzolini, E Vullo, R Insolia, L Crotti… - Heart Rhythm, 2014 - Elsevier
Background The efficacy of beta-blockers for treatment of patients with long QT syndrome
type 3 (LQT3) has been repeatedly questioned, and it has been suggested that they might …

[HTML][HTML] HRS/EHRA/APHRS expert consensus statement on the diagnosis and management of patients with inherited primary arrhythmia syndromes

SG Priori, AA Wilde, M Horie, Y Cho, ER Behr… - Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
This international consensus statement is the collaborative effort of three medical societies
representing electrophysiology in North America, Europe and Asian-Pacific area: the Heart …

The effect of cardiac genetic testing on psychological well-being and illness perceptions

KT Hickey, RR Sciacca, AB Biviano, W Whang… - Heart & Lung, 2014 - Elsevier
Objective To assess the effects of positive cardiac genetic diagnoses, ICD discharges, and
arrhythmias on measures of psychological well-being. Methods Fifty-eight adults with prior …

低钾血症与长间歇依赖型尖端扭转型室性心动过速的关系

战吟戈, 刘刚 - 临床荟萃, 2014 - cqvip.com
低钾血症在临床实践中是一种常见的电解质紊乱, 其可以导致QT 间期延长从而引起一种特殊的
多形性室性心动过速, 既尖端扭转型室性心动过速(Tdp). 这种心动过速患者中仅仅少部分可以 …

Syncope in genotype-negative long QT syndrome family members

LRAO Nordkamp, MH Ruwald, I Goldenberg… - The American Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Unaffected long-QT syndrome family members (FMs) frequently experience syncope. The
aims of this study were to test the hypothesis that syncope events in FMs are benign events …

New iPSC for old long QT syndrome modeling: putting the evidence into perspective

G Li, G Cheng, J Wu, S Ma… - Experimental biology and …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells or iPSCs) are typically derived by transfection of
certain stem cell-associated genes into non-pluripotent cells, such as adult fibroblasts …