Short QT syndrome

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 357-366

  Schimpf, Rainer ^a   Wolpert, Christian ^a   Gaita, Fiorenzo ^b   Giustetto, Carla ^b   Borggrefe, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Ospedale Civile di Asti   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Heart desease; Short QT syndrome; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

FLECAINIDE; IBUTILIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL HERG; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ1; QUINIDINE; SOTALOL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALPHA CHAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC DISORDER; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; REVIEW; SHORT QT SYNDROME; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE; T WAVE;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHER-A-GO-GO POTASSIUM CHANNELS; HUMANS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 22544457228     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardiores.2005.03.026     Document Type: Review

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