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We tested our hypothesis that complete fusion of the T and P waves (TP-fusion) at peak exercise might be a marker of likely LQTS.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods and results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>A maximal exercise stress test, off-therapy, was performed by healthy athletes and genotype-positive LQTS patients. TP-fusion had to be complete in all precordial leads except V1. The study population (n = 578) included 310 healthy athletes (all with QTc &amp;lt;430\u2005ms) and 268 LQTS patients. To deal only with clear-cut phenotypes, 64 athletes and 70 patients with incomplete TP-fusion were excluded. TP-fusion was present in 2% of controls and in 22% (P &amp;lt; 0.001) of the 198 LQTS patients. By limiting the analysis to subjects below age 25 (n = 262), the prevalence of TP-fusion increased to 3% in healthy athletes and to 32% in LQTS (P &amp;lt; 0.001). TP-fusion depends on the combination of QTc prolongation and fast heart rates; either alone is not sufficient. The appearance of TP-fusion predicted an 88% probability of being affected by LQTS. Importantly, of the 44 LQTS patients with TP-fusion, 24 (55%) had a borderline\/normal baseline QTc (&amp;lt;460\u2005ms).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>TP-fusion, a qualitative trait more easily assessable at peak exercise than QTc prolongation, especially outside referral centres, unmasks a high probability of LQTS, even in subjects with normal baseline QTc. Further clinical assessment and genetic screening allow life-saving prophylactic therapy.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/europace\/euaf137","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,7,1]],"date-time":"2025-07-01T07:43:06Z","timestamp":1751355786000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["TP-fusion at peak exercise: a novel marker for the recognition of unsuspected long QT syndrome patients"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"27","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0006-4912-4612","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Carlo","family":"Boeri","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"BIOMETRA Department, University of Milan , via Vanvitelli 32, 20129 Milano ,","place":["Italy"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3860-227X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Patrizio","family":"Sarto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Sports Medicine Unit, Regional 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