• Europace · Jun 2018

    The brisk-standing-test for long QT syndrome in prepubertal school children: defining normal.

    • L H P M Filippini, P G Postema, K Zoubin, Hermans B J M BJM Department of Biomedical Engineering, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands., N A Blom, T Delhaas, and Wilde A A M AAM Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands..
    • Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Juliana Children's Hospital, Els Borst-Eilers plein 275, 2545 CH, The Hague, The Netherlands.
    • Europace. 2018 Jun 1; 20 (FI1): f108-f112.

    AimsLong QT syndrome (LQTS) is associated with malignant arrhythmias and sudden death from birth to advanced age. Prolongation of the QT-interval, may however be concealed on standard electrocardiograms (ECG). The brisk-standing-test (BST) was developed to guide LQTS-diagnosis and treatment in adults. We hypothesized that the BST may be used in prepubertal children to identify LQTS subjects. Accordingly, reference values for the BST should be available to prevent incorrect diagnosis and treatment of LQTS. In this study, we aim to present reference values for prepubertal children.Methods And ResultsHealthy, prepubertal children, aged 7-13 years underwent a standard supine resting ECG and during continuous ECG recording performed a BST. The QT-interval and heart rate corrected QTc were measured during the different BST stages. Fifty-seven children, 29 boys (10.2 ± 1.1 years) and 28 girls (9.9 ± 1.1 years) were included. Baseline characteristics and response to standing were not statistically different for boys and girls: mean supine pre-standing heart rate 74 ± 9 vs. 77 ± 9 bpm, supine pre-standing QTc 406 ± 27 vs. 407 ± 17 ms, maximal heart rate upon standing 109 ± 11 vs. 112 ± 11 bpm, and QTc at maximal heart rate 484 ± 29 vs. 487 ± 35 ms. The QT interval corrected for heart rate-prolongation at maximal tachycardia after standing was 79 ± 26 (19-144) ms, which is significantly longer than previously published values in adults (50± 30 ms).ConclusionsThe QT interval corrected for heart rate prolongation after brisk standing in healthy prepubertal children is more pronounced than in healthy adults. This finding advocates distinct prepubertal cut-off values because using adult values for prepubertal children would yield false positive results with the risk of incorrect LQTS-diagnosis and overtreatment.

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