Learning from studying very rare cardiac conditions: the example of short QT syndrome

Abstract Background Some congenital heart conditions are very rare. In a climate of limited resources, a viewpoint could be advanced that identifying diagnostic criteria for such conditions and, through empiricism, effective treatments should suffice and that extensive mechanistic research is unnece...

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Main Authors: Jules C. Hancox, Dominic G. Whittaker, Henggui Zhang, Alan G. Stuart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-04-01
Series:Journal of Congenital Cardiology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40949-019-0024-7