Fever-induced life-threatening arrhythmias in children harboring an SCN5A mutation

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Chockalingam, Priya ^a   Rammeloo, Lukas A ^b   Postema, Pieter G ^a   Hruda, Jarda ^b   Clur, Sally Ann B ^a   Blom, Nico A ^a   Wilde, Arthur A ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Childhood immunization; Children; Fever; SCN5A sodium channel mutation

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; METOPROLOL; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.5;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 3P; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SODIUM CHANNELOPATHY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUTATION; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 78650772404     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-1688     Document Type: Article

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