Article
Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia and KCNJ2 mutations.
Heart rhythm - 1 Jul 2004
Chun Terrence U H, Epstein Michael R, Dick Macdonald, Andelfinger Gregor, Ballester Leomar, Vanoye Carlos G, George Alfred L, Benson D Woodrow
Abstract excerpt
We sought to identify the electrophysiologic basis of life-threatening events associated with polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (PVT) in young patients with heterozygous KCNJ2 mutations. PVT describes a beat-to-beat alternating QRS axis and morphology during ventricular tachycardia. PVT may be well tolerated and even asymptomatic in young patients without other heart disease, but an association with syncope,...
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