Variable Clinical Appearance of the Kir2.1 Rare Variants in Russian Patients with Long QT Syndrome.

LQT7 is a rare form of LQTS in Russia, and accounts for 1% of the LQTS cohort. Variant p.Val93Ile leads to a gain-of-function effect in the different cell lines, but its clinical appearance is not so consistent. The clinical significance of this variant might be overestimated.