Open AccessPrevalence of the Congenital Long-QT Syndrome
Author(s) -
Peter J. Schwartz,
Marco StrambaBadiale,
Lia Crotti,
Matteo Pedrazzini,
Alessandra Besana,
Giuliano Bosi,
Fulvio Gabbarini,
Karine Goulene,
Roberto Insolia,
Savina Mannarino,
Fabio Mosca,
Luigi Nespoli,
Alessandro Rimini,
Enrico Rosati,
Patrizia Salice,
Carla Spazzolini
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.109.863209
Subject(s) - medicine , long qt syndrome , pediatrics , cardiology , qt interval
The prevalence of genetic arrhythmogenic diseases is unknown. For the long-QT syndrome (LQTS), figures ranging from 1:20 000 to 1:5000 were published, but none was based on actual data. Our objective was to define the prevalence of LQTS.
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