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Title:

[Perioperative treatment of patients with long QT syndrome].

Document type:
English Abstract; Journal Article; Article
Author(s):
Krönauer, T; Friederich, P
Abstract:
Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is caused by a change in cardiac repolarization due to functional ion channel dysfunction which is associated with an elongation of the QT interval (hence the name) in the electrocardiogram and a predisposition to cardiac rhythm disorders (e.g. torsade de pointes, TdP) as well as cardiac events up to sudden cardiac death. There is a congenital (cLQTS) and an acquired (aLQTS) form of the disease. The prevalence of cLQTS is 1 in 2000 but aLQTS is much more common and includ...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Anaesthesist
Year:
2015
Journal volume:
64
Journal issue:
8
Pages contribution:
625-37; quiz 638-9
Language:
de
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1007/s00101-015-0067-x
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26260197
Print-ISSN:
0003-2417
TUM Institution:
Klinik für Anästhesiologie (DHM)
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