Potassium channel gene mutations rarely cause atrial fibrillation

BMC Medical Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ellinor, Patrick T ^a   Petrov Kondratov, Vadim I ^a   Zakharova, Elena ^a   Nam, Edwin G ^a   MacRae, Calum A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNE1; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNJ2; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SCREENING; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QT INTERVAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED;

EID: 33748367260     PISSN: 14712350     EISSN: 14712350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-7-70     Document Type: Article

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