School-based routine screenings of electrocardiograms for the diagnosis of long QT syndrome.
Megumi FukuyamaMinoru HorieHisaaki AokiJunichi OzawaKoichi KatoYuichi SawayamaSachiko Tanaka-MizunoTakeru MakiyamaMasao YoshinagaYoshihisa NakagawaSeiko OhnoPublished in: Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology (2022)
The school-based ECG screenings are effective in identifying young patients with LQTS who require genetic analysis. If individuals are screened at a younger age, we can identify patients at risk earlier and provide preventative treatments.