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Disopyramide is an effective inhibitor of mutant HERG K+ channels involved in variant 1 short QT syndrome.
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology - 1 Sept 2006
McPate Mark J, Duncan Rona S, Witchel Harry J, Hancox Jules C
Abstract excerpt
The recently identified idiopathic short QT syndrome (SQTS) is associated with an increased risk of arrhythmia and sudden death. The use of implantable cardioverter defibrillators helps to protect SQTS patients from ventricular fibrillation; however, pharmacological treatments to normalise the QT interval are limited: thus far only quinidine has been found to be effective in a subset of patients, with the SQT1...
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