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Ankara University
Routine ECGs of deaf children for repolarization anomalies may be unnecessary
December 7th, 2004
A recent report described an assessment of ventricular repolarization in a large group of children with early onset deafness. According to a study from Turkey, "[We] examined the ECG traces of 397 deaf children (age 12.5±2.9 years, range 6-19 years), after exclusion of cases with Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome (JLNS), and compared them to those of 361 normal hearing counterparts (age 12.5±2.7 years; range 7-18 years)." E. Tutar and colleagues of Ankara University continued, "An observer, who was unaware of the hearing status of the subjects, measured QT and QTc intervals and calculated dispersions of QT and QTc from standard 12-lead...
Source: Cardiovascular Business Week (2004-12-07)
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