The changes in heart rate that are potentially fatal in individuals with LQT2 are caused by changes in the electrical activity in the heart because of mutations in the HERG gene.
New data have now revealed that fever can trigger life-threatening changes in the electrical activity in the heart of patients with LQT-2.
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