European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on December 8, 2006
European Heart Journal 2007 28(1):137; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehl414
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Cost effectiveness of neonatal ECG screening for the long QT syndrome
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We read with interest the recent article by Quaglini et al.1 in the European Heart Journal, concerning cost efficacy of proposed neonatal ECG screening for long QT syndrome. We all agree that undiagnosed cases of LQTS likely play a role of as yet undetermined magnitude in sudden death in very young children, including sudden infant death syndrome. A similar study has been previously published.2 We have some
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