Phenotypic manifestations of mutations in genes encoding subunits of cardiac potassium channels

Circulation Research

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 97-109

  Shimizu, Wataru ^a   Horie, Minoru ^b  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; genetic testing; ion channels; sudden death; ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MEXILETINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VERAPAMIL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY REPOLARIZATION SYNDROME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATIENT CARE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SHORT QT SYNDROME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRUGADA SYNDROME; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HEART; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS;

EID: 79959951933     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.110.224600     Document Type: Review

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