Effect of change in posture and exercise on repolarization in patients with long QT syndrome with HERG channel mutations

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-38

  Walker, Bruce D ^a   Krahn, Andrew D ^a,b   Klein, George J ^a   Skanes, Allan C ^a   Yee, Raymond ^a   Wang, Jian ^a   Hegele, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac repolarization; Exercise testing; Long QT syndrome

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NADOLOL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL HERG;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEART ARREST; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; POSITION EFFECT; QT INTERVAL; REST; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; SYNCOPE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MUTATION; POSTURE; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 15044346704     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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