Effect of physical training on ventricular repolarization in type 1 long QT syndrome: A pilot study in asymptomatic carriers of the G589D KCNQ1 mutation

Europace

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 894-898

  Perhonen, Merja A ^a,b   Haapalahti, Petri ^a,b   Kivistö, Sari ^a,b   Hekkala, Anna Mari ^a,b   Väänänen, Heikki ^a,b   Swan, Heikki ^a,b   Toivonen, Lauri ^a,b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Exercise; Gene mutation; LQTS; QT interval

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; GLYCINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT DISPERSION; QT INTERVAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX; WORK CAPACITY; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PILOT PROJECTS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 33749659307     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eul083     Document Type: Article

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