| Literature DB >> 26172274 |
Antoine Poncet, Baris Gencer, Marc Blondon, Marianne Gex-Fabry, Christophe Combescure, Dipen Shah, Peter J Schwartz, Marie Besson, François R Girardin.
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26172274 PMCID: PMC4501759 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133108
Source DB: PubMed Journal: PLoS One ISSN: 1932-6203 Impact factor: 3.240
Fig 1The decision tree represents both strategies: “ECG screening” at hospital admission versus “No ECG screening”.
Probabilities of patients belonging to a QT category are identical in both strategies, as the risk of SCD after a TdP event. The probability of developing TdP is based on the severity of QT prolongation and is reduced by LQT detection in the ECG strategy. For patients remaining alive, the model assumes a life expectancy of 25 years.