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European Journal of Echocardiography 2003 4(3):157-158; doi:10.1016/S1525-2167(03)00056-8
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Copyright © 2003, The European Society of Cardiology

TDI-echocardiography: a new screening tool for long QT syndrome?

R. Tukkie and A.A.M. Wilde1,*

Department of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands

* Address correspondence to: Dr A.A.M. Wilde, Department of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 22700, 1100 DE Amsterdam, Netherlands. Tel.: +31-20-5663265; Fax: +31-20-6975458. a.a.wilde@amc.uva.nl

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Please see page 209 for the article by Savoye et al. (doi: 10.1016/S1525-2167(03)00011-8) to which this editorial pertains.

The long QT syndrome (LQTS) is characterized by an abnormally prolonged repolarization phase noted on the EKG as a prolonged corrected QT interval (QTc). The syndrome can both be acquired as well as congenital. LQTS is known as an autosomal dominant trait with normal hearing, i.e. Romano–Ward syndrome, and as an autosomal recessive trait with congenital deafness, i.e. Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome. The prolonged . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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