Family-based cardiac screening in relatives of victims of sudden arrhythmic death syndrome

Europace

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1050-1058

  McGorrian, Catherine ^a,b   Constant, Orla ^a   Harper, Nicola ^c   O'Donnell, Catherine ^a   Codd, Mary ^b   Keelan, Edward ^a,d   Green, Andrew ^b,c   O'Neill, James ^a,d   Galvin, Joseph ^a,d   Mahon, Niall G ^a  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathies; Channelopathies; Family screening; Primary prevention; Sudden adult death syndrome; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; LONG QT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUDDEN ARRHYTHMIC DEATH SYNDROME; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CHANNELOPATHIES; FAMILY SCREENING; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SUDDEN ADULT DEATH SYNDROME; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HEREDITY; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879578013     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eus408     Document Type: Article

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