The congenital long QT syndromes from genotype to phenotype: Clinical implications

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 259, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-47

  Schwartz, Peter J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genetics; Ion channels; Left cardiac sympathetic denervation; Long QT syndrome; Modifier genes; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LYSINE; NADOLOL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROPRANOLOL; THREONINE; VALINE; ION CHANNEL;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BRADYCARDIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; DEFIBRILLATOR; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG USE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEART DENERVATION; HUMAN; KCNH2 GENE; KCNJ2 GENE; KCNQ1 GENE; LEFT CARDIAC SYMPATHETIC DENERVATION; LONG QT SYNDROME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE; TORSADE DES POINTES; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; DENERVATION; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETICS; HEART SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DENERVATION; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; LONG QT SYNDROME; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 33644821919     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2005.01583.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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