Utility of Post-Mortem Genetic Testing in Cases of Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 69, Issue 17, 2017, Pages 2134-2145

  Lahrouchi, Najim ^a   Raju, Hariharan ^b,c   Lodder, Elisabeth M ^a   Papatheodorou, Efstathios ^b,c   Ware, James S ^d,e   Papadakis, Michael ^b,c   Tadros, Rafik ^a,f   Cole, Della ^b,c   Skinner, Jonathan R ^g   Crawford, Jackie ^g   Love, Donald R ^g   Pua, Chee J ^h   Soh, Bee Y ^h   Bhalshankar, Jaydutt D ^h   Govind, Risha ^d,e   Tfelt Hansen, Jacob ⁱ   Winkel, Bo G ⁱ   van der Werf, Christian ^a   Wijeyeratne, Yanushi D ^b,c   Mellor, Greg ^b,c   Till, Jan ^c,d,e   Cohen, Marta C ^j   Tome Esteban, Maria ^b,c   Sharma, Sanjay ^b,c   Wilde, Arthur A M ^a,k   Cook, Stuart A ^d,h,l   Bezzina, Connie R ^a   Sheppard, Mary N ^b,c   Behr, Elijah R ^b,c   more..

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^h DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Singapore)

ⁱ Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^j SHEFFIELD CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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

^l NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

more..

Author keywords

cardiomyopathy; channelopathy; molecular autopsy; next generation sequencing; unexplained sudden death

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ1; RYANODINE RECEPTOR 2; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.5;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CATECHOLAMINERGIC POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; KCNH2 GENE; KCNQ1 GENE; LONG QT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYH7 GENE; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; PKP2 GENE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RYR2 GENE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCN5A GENE; SUDDEN ARRHYTHMIC DEATH SYNDROME; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; TTN GENE; YOUNG ADULT; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85018680507     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.02.046     Document Type: Article

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