A common variant near the KCNJ2 gene is associated with T-peak to T-end interval

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1099-1103

  Marjamaa, Annukka ^a   Oikarinen, Lasse ^b   Porthan, Kimmo ^b   Ripatti, Samuli ^a   Peloso, Gina ^c,f   Noseworthy, Peter A ^c   Viitasalo, Matti ^b   Nieminen, Markku S ^b   Toivonen, Lauri ^b   Kontula, Kimmo ^a   Peltonen, Leena ^a,e   Havulinna, Aki S ^e   Jula, Antti ^e   O'Donnell, Christopher J ^c,f   Newton Cheh, Christopher ^c   Perola, Markus ^a,d,e   Salomaa, Veikko ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrocardiogram; Gene; Polymorphism; Repolarization; T wave

Indexed keywords

INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT KIR2.1;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 17Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROUPS BY AGE AND SEX; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT QT SYNDROME; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DNA METHYLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FINLAND; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING;

EID: 84862858285     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.02.019     Document Type: Article

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