Article
Auditory stimuli as a trigger for arrhythmic events differentiate HERG-related (LQTS2) patients from KVLQT1-related patients (LQTS1).
Journal of the American College of Cardiology - 1 Feb 1999
Wilde A A, Jongbloed R J, Doevendans P A, Düren D R, Hauer R N, van Langen I M, van Tintelen J P, Smeets H J, Meyer H, Geelen J L
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: This study was performed to identify a possible relationship between genotype and phenotype in the congenital familial long QT syndrome (cLQTS). BACKGROUND: The cLQTS, which occurs as an autosomal dominant or recessive trait, is characterized by QT-interval prolongation on the electroc...
Topics
- Acoustic Stimulation
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Cation Transport Proteins
- DNA
- DNA Probes
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Death, Sudden, Cardiac
- Disease Progression
- ERG1 Potassium Channel
- Electrocardiography
- Ether-A-Go-Go Potassium Channels
