Screening for, and management of, possible arrhythmogenic syndromes (channelopathies/ion channel diseases)

Europace

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 741-742

  Svendsen, Jesper Hastrup ^a   Geelen, Peter ^b  

^a DANISH NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Denmark)

^b OLV HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; Cardiac arrhythmia; Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia; Channelopathies; Long QT syndrome; Short QT syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CATECHOLAMINERGIC POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; CHANNELOPATHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SCREENING TEST; SHORT QT SYNDROME; SHORT SURVEY; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CHANNELOPATHIES; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEART FUNCTION TEST; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MASS SCREENING; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TRENDS;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CHANNELOPATHIES; DATA COLLECTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; EUROPE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MASS SCREENING; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 77951967643     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq126     Document Type: Short Survey

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