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Long QT 1 mutation KCNQ1A344V increases local anesthetic sensitivity of the slowly activating delayed rectifier potassium current.
Anesthesiology - 1 Sept 2006
Siebrands Cornelia C, Binder Stephan, Eckhoff Ulrike, Schmitt Nicole, Friederich Patrick
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Anesthesia in patients with long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a matter of concern. Congenital LQTS is most frequently caused by mutations in KCNQ1 (Kv7.1), whereas drug-induced LQTS is a consequence of HERG (human ether-a-go-go-related gene) channel inhibition. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the LQT1 mutation A344V in the S6 region of KCNQ1, at a position corresponding to the local...
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