Cardiac gene defects can cause sudden cardiac death in young people;Plötzlicher herztod bei jungen menschen durch kardiale gendefekte

Deutsches Arzteblatt

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 41-47

  Kauferstein, Silke ^a,c   Kiehne, Nadine ^a   Neumann, Thomas ^b   Pitschner, Heinz Friedrich ^b   Bratzke, Hansjürgen ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiological diagnosis; Family history; Ion channel disorder; Molecular biology; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

CALSEQUESTRIN; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT KIR2.1; MYOSIN BINDING PROTEIN C; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN BETA; PLAKOPHILIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL HERG; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ1; RYANODINE RECEPTOR 2; SODIUM CHANNEL; TROPONIN T;

AUTOPSY; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CATECHOLAMINERGIC POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; EUROPE; FAMILY HISTORY; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; REVIEW; SHORT QT SYNDROME; SUDDEN DEATH; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CHILD; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MYOCARDIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 59449110344     PISSN: 00121207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2009.0041     Document Type: Review

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