Familial cardiological and targeted genetic evaluation: Low yield in sudden unexplained death and high yield in unexplained cardiac arrest syndromes

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1653-1660

  Kumar, Saurabh ^a,b   Peters, Stacey ^a   Thompson, Tina ^a   Morgan, Natalie ^a   Maccicoca, Ivan ^a,c   Trainer, Alison ^a,b   Zentner, Dominica ^a   Kalman, Jonathan M ^a,b   Winship, Ingrid ^a,b   Vohra, Jitendra K ^a,b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; Cardiological screening; Genetic testing; Long QT syndrome; Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome; Sudden unexplained death syndrome; Unexplained cardiac arrest

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CATECHOLAMINERGIC POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEART ARREST; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; INFANT; LONG QT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT QT SYNDROME; SUDDEN ARRHYTHMIC DEATH SYNDROME; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; UNEXPLAINED CARDIAC ARREST;

ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR CARDIOMYOPATHY; ARVC; BRS; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIOLOGICAL SCREENING; CATECHOLAMINERGIC POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; CPVT; EARLY REPOLARIZATION; ECG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY/ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ER; EST; EXERCISE STRESS TEST; GENETIC TESTING; HCM; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LONG QT SYNDROME; LQTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MRI; SADS; SHORT QT SYNDROME; SQT; SUDDEN ARRHYTHMIC DEATH SYNDROME; SUDDEN UNEXPLAINED DEATH SYNDROME; SUDS; UCA; UNEXPLAINED CARDIAC ARREST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; AUTOPSY; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887001335     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.08.022     Document Type: Article

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