QT interval is a heritable quantitative trait with evidence of linkage to chromosome 3 in a genome-wide linkage analysis: The Framingham Heart Study

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 277-284

  Newton Cheh, Christopher ^a,b,c   Larson, Martin G ^a,e   Corey, Diane C ^a   Benjamin, Emelia J ^a,e   Herbert, Alan G ^e   Levy, Daniel ^a,d,g   D'Agostino, Ralph B ^a,f   O'Donnell, Christopher J ^a,b,g  

^a FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Boston University   (United States)

^g NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Cohort study; Electrocardiography; Genetics; Long QT syndrome; QT interval

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 3; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RR INTERVAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 3; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS;

EID: 14644439232     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2004.11.009     Document Type: Article

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