Cardiac channelopathies and sudden infant death syndrome

Cardiology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-33

  Tfelt Hansen, Jacob ^a,b   Winkel, Bo Gregers ^a,b   Grunnet, Morten ^a,c,d   Jespersen, Thomas ^a,c  

^a DANISH NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Denmark)

^b Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d NEUROSEARCH A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Primary electrical cardiac channelopathies; Sudden infant death syndrome; Susceptibility genes

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL HERG; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNE2; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNH2; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ1; PROPRANOLOL; QUINIDINE; RYANODINE RECEPTOR 2; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL CAV3; SODIUM CHANNEL GPD1L; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.1; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.5; SODIUM CHANNEL SCN3B; SODIUM CHANNEL SCN4B; SODIUM CHANNEL SNTA1; SOTALOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ALPHA CHAIN; BETA CHAIN; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CARDIAC CHANNELOPATHY; CATECHOLAMINERGIC POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEFIBRILLATOR; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; ION CURRENT; LONG QT SYNDROME; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; PATHOGENESIS; POTASSIUM CURRENT; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; QT PROLONGATION; REVIEW; SHORT QT SYNDROME; SODIUM CURRENT; SODIUM TRANSPORT; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CHANNELOPATHIES; FAMILY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONG QT SYNDROME; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 79960529413     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: 14219751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000329047     Document Type: Review

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