Familial disease with a risk of sudden death: A longitudinal study of the psychological consequences of predictive testing for long QT syndrome

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 719-724

  Hendriks, Karin S W H ^a   Hendriks, Margriet M W B ^a   Birnie, Erwin ^b   Grosfeld, Frans J M ^a   Wilde, Arthur A M ^b   van den Bout, Jan ^c   Smets, Ellen M A ^b   van Tintelen, J Peter ^d   ten Kroode, Herman F J ^a   van Langen, Irene M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Distress; Genetic testing; Long QT syndrome; Psychological impact

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 42649099942     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.01.032     Document Type: Article

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