Congenital long QT syndrome: An update and present perspective in Saudi Arabia

Frontiers in Pediatrics

Volumn 1, Issue NOV, 2013, Pages

  Bhuiyan, Zahurul A ^a   Al Shahrani, Safar ^b   Al Aama, Jumana ^c,d   M Wilde, Arthur A ^c,e   Momenah, Tarek S ^f  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Princess Al Jawhara Al Brahim Centre of Excellence in Research of Hereditary Disorders   (Saudi Arabia)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f KING FAHAD MEDICAL CITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Consanguinity; Genetics; Long QT syndrome

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928774515     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fped.2013.00039     Document Type: Review

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