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ArticleFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2022

Genotype-Specific ECG-Based Risk Stratification Approaches in Patients With Long-QT Syndrome.

Marina Rieder, Paul Kreifels, Judith Stuplich, David Ziupa, Helge Servatius, Luisa Nicolai, Alessandro Castiglione, Christiane Zweier, Babken Asatryan, Katja E Odening

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Article in Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 6 papers.

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Marina RiederTranslational Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Paul KreifelsDepartment of Cardiology and Angiology I, Faculty of Medicine, University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Judith StuplichDepartment of Cardiology and Angiology I, Faculty of Medicine, University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
David ZiupaDepartment of Cardiology and Angiology I, Faculty of Medicine, University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Helge ServatiusTranslational Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Luisa NicolaiTranslational Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Alessandro CastiglioneTranslational Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Christiane ZweierDepartment of Human Genetics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Babken AsatryanTranslational Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Katja E OdeningTranslational Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
University Hospital of Bern · CHUniversity of Freiburg · DEUniversity of Bern · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Congenital long-QT syndrome (LQTS) is a major cause of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in young individuals, calling for sophisticated risk assessment. Risk stratification, however, is challenging as the individual arrhythmic risk varies pronouncedly, even in individuals carrying the same variant. Materials and Methods: In this study, we aimed to assess the association of different electrical parameters with the genotype and the symptoms in patients with LQTS. In addition to the heart-rate corrected QT interval (QTc), markers for regional electrical heterogeneity, such as QT dispersion (QT Results: QTc at rest was significantly longer in symptomatic than asymptomatic patients with LQT2 (493.4 ms ± 46.5 ms vs. 419.5 ms ± 28.6 ms, Conclusion: Different electrical parameters can distinguish between symptomatic and asymptomatic patients in different genetic forms of LQTS. While the classical "QTc at rest" was only associated with symptoms in LQT2, post-exercise QTc helped distinguish between symptomatic and asymptomatic patients with LQT1. Enhanced regional electrical heterogeneity was only associated with symptoms in LQT1, but not in LQT2. Our findings indicate that genotype-specific risk stratification approaches based on electrical parameters could help to optimize risk assessment in LQTS.

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electrocardiogramgenetic arrhythmia disorderslong-QT syndromeQTcrisk stratification

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PMCPMC9329832
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