Congenital Long QT Syndromes: Prevalence, Pathophysiology and Management

Pediatric Drugs

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 447-456

  Barsheshet, Alon ^a,b,c   Dotsenko, Olena ^c   Goldenberg, Ilan ^b,c,d  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ESTROGEN; METOPROLOL; NADOLOL; NICORANDIL; POTASSIUM; PROGESTERONE; PROPRANOLOL; RANOLAZINE; SPIRONOLACTONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DRUG EFFICACY; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LONG QT SYNDROME 1; LONG QT SYNDROME 2; LONG QT SYNDROME 3; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SUPPLEMENTATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; GENOTYPE; LONG QT SYNDROME; PHENOTYPE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84914153134     PISSN: 11745878     EISSN: 11792019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40272-014-0090-4     Document Type: Article

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