Article
[Cardiac ion channel disorders--diagnosis and treatment].
Tidsskrift for den Norske laegeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny raekke - 20 Oct 2005
Haugaa Kristina Hermann, Berge Knut Erik, Früh Andreas, Anfinsen Ole-Gunnar, Arnestad Marianne, Hallerud Maria, Gjesdal Knut, Leren Trond P, Amlie Jan Peder
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Inherited arrhythmogenic disorders are a group of genetically determined diseases characterised by ventricular tachyarrhythmias sometimes leading to sudden death. The molecular bases of these disorders are mutations in genes coding for various cardiac ion channels. The most common cardiac ion channel disease is the long QT syndrome. This syndrome is rare, but probably more common in Norway than...
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