Early repolarization is associated with symptoms in patients with type 1 and type 2 long QT syndrome

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1632-1638

  Laksman, Zachary W M ^a   Gula, Lorne J ^a   Saklani, Pradyot ^a   Cassagneau, Romain ^a   Steinberg, Christian ^b   Conacher, Susan ^a   Yee, Raymond ^a   Skanes, Allan ^a   Leong Sit, Peter ^a   Manlucu, Jaimie ^a   Klein, George J ^a   Krahn, Andrew D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Early repolarization; Long QT syndrome; Risk stratification; Syncope

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ1; DNA; KCNQ1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; KCNQ2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HEART ARREST; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; QT INTERVAL; RR INTERVAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; T WAVE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENGLAND; GENETICS; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; MUTATION; ODDS RATIO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROMANO-WARD SYNDROME; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; DNA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KCNQ1 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; KCNQ2 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; LONDON; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MUTATION; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROMANO-WARD SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84906935730     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.05.027     Document Type: Article

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