Citation

Yoshinaga M, Kamimura J, Fukushige T, Kusubae R, Shimago A, Nishi J, Kono Y, Nomura Y, Miyata K. Am. J. Cardiol. 1999; 83(10): 1494-7, A8.

Affiliation

Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Japan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10335770

Abstract

We investigated the relation between heart rate and the QT interval using face immersion in cold water in children with long QT syndrome (LQTS) without a family history of this condition, and in control children. The face immersion test revealed that all children with high probability of LQTS had a significantly longer QT interval than control children during face immersion, and that the test could induce T-wave alternans or a notched T-wave in all children with a high probability of LQTS.

Language: en