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ArticleJournal of the American Heart Association2015

QT Adaptation and Intrinsic QT Variability in Congenital Long QT Syndrome.

Srikanth Seethala, Prabhpreet Singh, Vladimir Shusterman, Margareth Ribe, Kristina H Haugaa, Jan Němec

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Article in Journal of the American Heart Association, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Srikanth SeethalaScripps Clinic, San Diego, CA (S.S.) University of Tennessee, College of Medicine, Chattanooga, TN.
Prabhpreet SinghUniversity of Pittsburgh, PA (P.S., J.).
Vladimir ShustermanUniversity of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (V.S.).
Margareth RibeDepartment of Cardiology, Center for Cardiological Innovation and Institute for Surgical Research, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway (M.R., K.H.H.).
Kristina H HaugaaDepartment of Cardiology, Center for Cardiological Innovation and Institute for Surgical Research, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway (M.R., K.H.H.) University of Oslo, Norway (K.H.H.).
Jan NěmecUniversity of Pittsburgh, PA (P.S., J.).
Oslo University Hospital · NOUniversity of Pittsburgh · USScripps Clinic · USUniversity of Iowa · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIncreased variability of QT interval (QTV) has been linked to arrhythmias in animal experiments and multiple clinical situations. Congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS), a pure repolarization disease, may provide important information on the relationship between delayed repolarization and QTV. METHODS AND

resultsTwenty-four-hour Holter monitor tracings from 78 genotyped congenital LQTS patients (52 females; 51 LQT1, 23 LQT2, 2 LQT5, 2 JLN, 27 symptomatic; age, 35.2±12.3 years) were evaluated with computer-assisted annotation of RR and QT intervals. Several models of RR-QT relationship were tested in all patients. A model assuming exponential decrease of past RR interval contributions to QT duration with 60-second time constant provided the best data fit. This model was used to calculate QTc and residual "intrinsic" QTV, which cannot be explained by heart rate change. The intrinsic QTV was higher in patients with long QTc (r=0.68; P<10(-4)), and in LQT2 than in LQT1/5 patients (5.65±1.28 vs 4.46±0.82; P<0.0002). Both QTc and intrinsic QTV were similar in symptomatic and asymptomatic patients (467±52 vs 459±53 ms and 5.10±1.19 vs 4.74±1.09, respectively).

conclusionsIn LQTS patients, QT interval adaptation to heart rate changes occurs with time constant ≈60 seconds, similar to results reported in control subjects. Intrinsic QTV correlates with the degree of repolarization delay and might reflect action potential instability observed in animal models of LQTS.

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Adaptation, PhysiologicalAdolescentAdultElectrocardiographyElectrocardiography, AmbulatoryFemaleHeart RateHumansLong QT SyndromeMaleMiddle AgedYoung Adultcongenital long QT syndromeQT adaptationQT variability

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PMID26675252
PMCPMC4845278
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