Post myocardial ischemia-associated torsades de pointes in a patient carrying a KCNQ1 G643S variant

Internal Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 2587-2591

  Nakajima, Tadashi ^a   Kaneko, Yoshiaki ^a   Saito, Akihiro ^a   Irie, Tadanobu ^a   Kato, Toshimitsu ^a   Iso, Tatsuya ^a   Kurabayashi, Masahiko ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

KCNQ1; Long QT syndrome; Myocardial infarction; Myocardial ischemia; Torsades de pointes

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR ALPHA; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CREATINE KINASE; DILTIAZEM; LIDOCAINE; PILSICAINIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ1; SODIUM CHANNEL; WARFARIN;

AGED; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEFIBRILLATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LUNG CONGESTION; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE INVERSION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TORSADE DES POINTES;

AGED; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; KCNQ1 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; TORSADES DE POINTES;

EID: 78649795641     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.49.4245     Document Type: Article

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