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[QTU pattern in a patient with the Anderson-Tawil syndrome].
Kardiologia polska - 1 Mar 2010
Ciurzyński Michał, Bienias Piotr, Kostera-Pruszczyk Anna, Pruszczyk Piotr
Abstract excerpt
The Andersen-Tawil syndrome (ATS) is an autosomal dominant or sporadic disorder characterised by periodic paralysis, cardiac arrhythmias and dysmorphic features. Mutations in KCNJ2, which encodes the inward rectifier K+ channel Kir2.1 can be found in approximately 70% of ATS cases. The genetic mechanism in the remaining 30% of patients is still unknown. We present ECG of a 19-year-old man with the Andersen-Tawil...
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