Low rate of cardiac events in first-degree relatives of diagnosis-negative young sudden unexplained death syndrome victims during follow-up

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1728-1732

  Van Der Werf, Christian ^a   Stiekema, Lotte ^a   Tan, Hanno L ^a   Hofman, Nynke ^b   Alders, Marielle ^b   Van Der Wal, Allard C ^c,e   Van Langen, Irene M ^d  

^a Department of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Clinical Genetics ^*  (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Genetics; Sudden cardiac death; Sudden unexplained death syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEATH; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FIRST DEGREE RELATIVE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART DISEASE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REST; RESUSCITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIBLING; SUDDEN DEATH; VICTIM; ADOLESCENT; BRUGADA SYNDROME; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PEDIGREE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTOR; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PEDIGREE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922758339     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.05.028     Document Type: Article

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