End-recovery QTc: A useful metric for assessing genetic variants of unknown significance in long-QT syndrome

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 637-642

  Obeyesekere, Manoj N ^a   Sy, Raymond W ^a   Klein, George J ^a   Gula, Lorne J ^a   Modi, Simon ^a   Conacher, Susan ^a   Leong Sit, Peter ^a   Skanes, Allan C ^a   Yee, Raymond ^a   Krahn, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exercise testing; Genetic testing; Long QT syndrome; QT interval; Sudden death; Variants of unknown significance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SUDDEN DEATH; TORSADE DES POINTES; VARIANT OF UNKNOWN SIGNIFICANCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LOD SCORE; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; ROC CURVE; TIME FACTORS; TORSADES DE POINTES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862220455     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02265.x     Document Type: Article

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