LQTS Patient ECG (IMAGE)

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LQTS Patient ECG

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ECG results from a patient with LQTS (bottom), which have a prolonged QT interval, are shown relative to normal ECG results (top). Researchers used iPSCs derived from a young patient with LQTS to determine a course of treatment that helped manage the patient's life-threatening arrhythmias.

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Adler, E. 2013. <em>J. Gen. Physiol.</em> doi:10.1085/jgp.201310958 (image adapted from ECG tracings supplied by Robert Pass).

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