Prospective, population-based long QT molecular autopsy study of postmortem negative sudden death in 1 to 40 year olds

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 412-419

  Skinner, Jonathan R ^a   Crawford, Jackie ^a   Smith, Warren ^b   Aitken, Andrew ^c   Heaven, David ^d   Evans, Cary Anne ^e   Hayes, Ian ^f   Neas, Katherine R ^c   Stables, Simon ^g   Koelmeyer, Timothy ^g   Denmark, Lloyd ^g   Vuletic, Jane ^g   Maxwell, Fraser ^h   White, Kate ⁱ   Yang, Tao ^j   Roden, Dan M ^j   Leren, Trond P ^k   Shelling, Andrew ^e   Love, Donald R ^g  

^a STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^f Northern Regional Genetics Service   (New Zealand)

^g AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^h WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

ⁱ PALMERSTON NORTH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^j VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

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Author keywords

Autopsy; Cardiomyopathy; Genetics; Long QT syndrome; Sudden cardiac death; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNE1; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNH2; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ1; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG QT SYNDROME; NEW ZEALAND; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; INFANT; KCNQ1 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NEW ZEALAND; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SODIUM CHANNELS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952146247     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.11.016     Document Type: Article

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