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Genetic variations of KCNQ1, KCNH2, SCN5A, KCNE1, and KCNE2 in drug-induced long QT syndrome patients.
Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Mar 2004
Paulussen Aimée D C, Gilissen Ronaldus A H J, Armstrong Martin, Doevendans Pieter A, Verhasselt Peter, Smeets Hubert J M, Schulze-Bahr Eric, Haverkamp Wilhelm, Breithardt Günter, Cohen Nadine, Aerssens Jeroen
Abstract excerpt
Administration of specific drugs may occasionally induce acquired long QT syndrome (aLQTS), a disorder that predisposes to ventricular arrhythmias, typically of the torsade de pointes (TdP) type, and sudden cardiac death. "Forme fruste" mutations in congenital LQTS (cLQTS) genes have been reporte...
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