Current perspectives in genetic cardiovascular disorders: From basic to clinical aspects

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 129-141

  Kawashiri, Masa Aki ^a   Hayashi, Kenshi ^a   Konno, Tetsuo ^a   Fujino, Noboru ^a   Ino, Hidekazu ^a   Yamagishi, Masakazu ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genetics; Hereditary diseases; Hypercholesterolemia; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Lethal arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARVEDILOL; FLECAINIDE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; METOPROLOL; MEXILETINE; NADOLOL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROPRANOLOL; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE SUBTILISIN KEXIN 9; SERINE PROTEINASE; SODIUM CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERAPAMIL;

AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CATECHOLAMINERGIC POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LONG QT SYNDROME; LONG QT SYNDROME 1; LONG QT SYNDROME 2; LONG QT SYNDROME 3; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; SHORT QT SYNDROME; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; ANIMAL; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HEREDITY; MORTALITY; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HEREDITY; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84897029252     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: 16152573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-013-0391-5     Document Type: Review

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