QT Prolongation and Acquired Long QT Syndrome in Climbers on Mount Everest

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. Electronic address: [email protected].
• ² Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
• ³ Seven Summit Treks, Kathmandu, Nepal.
• ⁴ Nepal Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
• ⁵ Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; Translational Cardiology, Department of Physiology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
• ⁶ Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; Diabetes Center Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
• ⁷ Department of Cardiology, National Academy of Medical Sciences, Bir Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.