Derivation and validation of a simple exercise-based algorithm for prediction of genetic testing in relatives of LQTS probands

Circulation

Volumn 124, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 2187-2194

  Sy, Raymond W ^a   Van Der Werf, Christian ^b   Chattha, Ishvinder S ^a   Chockalingam, Priya ^b   Adler, Arnon ^c   Healey, Jeffrey S ^d   Perrin, Mark ^e   Gollob, Michael H ^e   Skanes, Allan C ^a   Yee, Raymond ^a   Gula, Lorne J ^a   Leong Sit, Peter ^a   Viskin, Sami ^c   Klein, George J ^a   Wilde, Arthur A ^b   Krahn, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

diagnosis; exercise test; genetic testing; QT interval

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; T WAVE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81355160927     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.028258     Document Type: Article

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