25th Anniversary of the International Long-QT Syndrome Registry: An ongoing quest to uncover the secrets of long-QT syndrome

Circulation

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1199-1201

  Moss, Arthur J ^a   Schwartz, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Electrophysiology; Genetics; Long QT syndrome

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FLECAINIDE; MEXILETINE; NORADRENALIN; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HERG GENE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; INTERNET; LONG QT SYNDROME; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; REGISTER; T WAVE;

DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; EMOTIONS; ETHER-A-GO-GO POTASSIUM CHANNELS; FORECASTING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KCNQ POTASSIUM CHANNELS; KCNQ1 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; LONG QT SYNDROME; MUSCLE PROTEINS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; QUINIDINE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 14944363856     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000157069.91834.DA     Document Type: Article

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