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A KCNE2 mutation in a patient with cardiac arrhythmia induced by auditory stimuli and serum electrolyte imbalance.
Cardiovascular research - 1 Jan 2008
Gordon Earl, Panaghie Gianina, Deng Liyong, Bee Katharine J, Roepke Torsten K, Krogh-Madsen Trine, Christini David J, Ostrer Harry, Basson Craig T, Chung Wendy, Abbott Geoffrey W
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: Auditory stimulus-induced long QT syndrome (LQTS) is almost exclusively linked to mutations in the hERG potassium channel, which generates the I Kr ventricular repolarization current. Here, a young woman with prior episodes of auditory stimulus-induced syncope presented with LQTS and ventricular fibrillation (VF) with hypomagnesaemia and hypocalcaemia after completing a marathon, followed by subsequent VF...
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