Clinical Implications for Patients With Long QT Syndrome Who Experience a Cardiac Event During Infancy
Carla Spazzolini, DVM*,
Jamie Mullally, BS ,
Arthur J. Moss, MD ,*,
Peter J. Schwartz, MD*, ,
Scott McNitt, MS ,
Gregory Ouellet, BS ,
Thomas Fugate, BS ,
Ilan Goldenberg, MD ,
Christian Jons, MD ,
Wojciech Zareba, MD, PhD ,
Jennifer L. Robinson, MS ,
Michael J. Ackerman, MD, PhD||,
Jesaia Benhorin, MD¶,
Lia Crotti, MD, PhD*,
Elizabeth S. Kaufman, MD#,
Emanuela H. Locati, MD, PhD**,
Ming Qi, PhD ,
Carlo Napolitano, MD ,
Silvia G. Priori, MD, PhD ,
Jeffrey A. Towbin, MD and
G. Michael Vincent, MD
* Section of Cardiology and Department of Cardiology and Molecular Cardiology Laboratory, Fondazione Policinico S. Matteo IRCCS and the University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Heart Research Follow-up Program, Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
Department of Pathology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
Laboratory of Cardiovascular Genetics, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico, Milan, Italy
|| Department of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Molecular Pharmacology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota
¶ Bikur Cholim Hospital, University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
# The Heart and Vascular Research Center, MetroHealth Campus, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
** Cardiovascular Department De Gasperis, Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy
 Molecular Cardiology, Fondazione S. Maugeri-University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
 Pediatric Cardiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
 Department of Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah

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Figure 1 Cumulative Probability of ACA/LQTS-Related Death
Cumulative probability of aborted cardiac arrest (ACA)/long QT syndrome (LQTS)-related death during ages 1 to 10 years among those with ACA, syncope, or no cardiac event (CE) in the first year of life.
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