Long QT syndrome genotyping by electrocardiography: fact, fiction, or something in between?

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Kanters, Jørgen K ^a,b,c,g   Graff, Claus ^d   Andersen, Mads P ^d   Hardahl, Thomas ^d   Toft, Egon ^d,e   Christiansen, Michael ^f   Thomsen, Poul Erik Bloch ^c   Struijk, Johannes J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Elsinore Hospital   (Denmark)

^c GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^g DANISH NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ECG; Long QT syndrome; T wave

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL HERG; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ1;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA DETERMINATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; T WAVE;

EID: 33749238020     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2006.06.008     Document Type: Article

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