Long QT syndrome in African-Americans

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-76

  Fugate Ii, Thomas ^a   Moss, Arthur J ^a,b   Jons, Christian ^a   McNitt, Scott ^a   Mullally, Jamie ^a   Ouellet, Gregory ^a   Goldenberg, Ilan ^a   Zareba, Wojciech ^a   Robinson, Jennifer L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Long QT syndrome; Risk stratification, African Americans

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYNCOPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SYNCOPE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75649111900     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2009.00342.x     Document Type: Article

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