Associations of Prolonged QTc in Sickle Cell Disease.

Associations of Prolonged QTc in Sickle Cell Disease.

Sudden death is a leading cause of mortality in sickle cell disease, implicating ventricular tachyarrhythmias. Prolonged QTc on an electrocardiogram (ECG), commonly seen with myocardial ischemia, is a known risk for polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (VT). We hypothesized that prolonged QTc is asso...

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Main Authors: Julia H Indik, Vineet Nair, Ruslan Rafikov, Iwan S Nyotowidjojo, Jaskanwal Bisla, Mayank Kansal, Devang S Parikh, Melissa Robinson, Anand Desai, Megha Oberoi, Akash Gupta, Taimur Abbasi, Zain Khalpey, Amit R Patel, Roberto M Lang, Samuel C Dudley, Bum-Rak Choi, Joe G N Garcia, Roberto F Machado, Ankit A Desai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5063274?pdf=render

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