Short QT syndrome: A familial cause of sudden death

Circulation

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 965-970

  Gaita, Fiorenzo ^a   Giustetto, Carla ^a   Bianchi, Francesca ^a   Wolpert, Christian ^b   Schimpf, Rainer ^b   Riccardi, Riccardo ^a   Grossi, Stefano ^a   Richiardi, Elena ^a   Borggrefe, Martin ^b  

^a MAURIZIANO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Death, sudden; Fibrillation; Short QT interval

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXERCISE TEST; FAMILIAL DISEASE; HEART ARREST; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART PALPITATION; HEART STIMULATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SHORT QT SYNDROME; SIGNAL AVERAGED ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC COMPLEXES, PREMATURE; CHILD; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FLECAINIDE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIGREE; SODIUM CHANNELS; SYNCOPE; SYNDROME;

EID: 0042859880     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000085071.28695.C4     Document Type: Article

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