Swimming-triggered aborted sudden cardiac death in a patient with Andersen-Tawil syndrome

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Efremidis, Michalis ^a   Pappas, Loukas K ^a   Sideris, Antonios ^a   Letsas, Konstantinos P ^a   Gavrielatos, Gerasimos D ^a   Kardaras, Fotios ^a  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Andersen Tawil syndrome; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; KCNJ2 mutations; Long QT syndrome; Swimming triggered cardiac event

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMERSION; NEAR DROWNING; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; SWIMMING; SYNDROME; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; WATER;

EID: 33748454827     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.02.028     Document Type: Article

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