All babies should have an ECG heart scan in their first month of life to check for life-threatening problems, say Italian cardiologists. Routine ECG screening could save up to 250 lives a year in EU countries and would be cost-efficient, they claim in the European Heart Journal. They based their calculations on work involving 45,000 infants.
Screening picked up a genetic condition called long QT syndrome which is treatable but can be deadly if missed……
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