European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on April 14, 2008
European Heart Journal 2008 29(9):1211; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn148
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Prevalence and significance of an isolated long QT interval in elite athletes: reply
Department of Heart Muscle Diseases
King's College Hospital
Denmark Hill
London SE5 9RS
UK
Email: ssharma21@hotmail.com
Department of Cardiology
King's College Hospital
London SE5 9RS
UK
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We thank Dr Aime Bonny and colleagues for raising queries regarding our definition of a long QTc in athletes, the utility of the Schwarz score for the diagnosis of congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS), and the impact of ethnicity on the QTc interval.
Screening highly trained athletes in