Short QT syndrome: Clinical findings and diagnostic-therapeutic implications

European Heart Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 2440-2447

  Giustetto, Carla ^a   Di Monte, Fernando ^a   Wolpert, Christian ^b   Borggrefe, Martin ^b   Schimpf, Rainer ^b   Sbragia, Pascal ^c   Leone, Gianpiero ^d   Maury, Philippe ^e   Anttonen, Olli ^f   Haissaguerre, Michel ^g   Gaita, Fiorenzo ^a  

^a Ospedale Cardinal Massaia   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^d Division of Cardiology   (Italy)

^e CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^f Lahti Central Hospital   (Finland)

^g HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Ion channelopathies; Short QT syndrome; SIDS; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROQUINIDINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL HERG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXERCISE TEST; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART ARREST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART PALPITATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; SHORT QT SYNDROME; SUDDEN DEATH; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SYMPTOM; SYNCOPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIA; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHER-A-GO-GO POTASSIUM CHANNELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ION CHANNELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 33749454557     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl185     Document Type: Article

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