Does Pregnancy Increase Cardiac Risk for LQT1 Patients With the KCNQ1-A341V Mutation?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1410-1415

  Heradien, Marshall J ^a   Goosen, Althea ^a   Crotti, Lia ^b   Durrheim, Glenda ^a   Corfield, Valerie ^a   Brink, Paul A ^a   Schwartz, Peter J ^a,b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; GENE MUTATION; HEART ARREST; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG QT SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETAL DISTRESS; GENOTYPE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KCNQ1 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS; ROMANO-WARD SYNDROME;

EID: 33748942270     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.05.060     Document Type: Article

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