Sudden unexplained death in infancy and long QT syndrome

Current Pediatric Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-55

  Skinner, Jonathan Robert ^a  

^a STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cardiac channelopathy; Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT); Long QT syndrome (LQTS); SCN5A; SIDS; Sudden unexplained death in infancy (SUDI)

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CAVEOLIN 3; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT KIR2.1; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL HERG; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNE1; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNE2; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ1; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ2; RYANODINE RECEPTOR 2; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.5;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRADYCARDIA; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIAC CHANNELOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATECHOLAMINERGIC POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEART ARREST; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SHORT QT SYNDROME; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SWIMMING; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYNCOPE; T WAVE INVERSION;

EID: 77954337997     PISSN: 15733963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157339610791317179     Document Type: Article

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