Dual inheritance of sudden death from cardiovascular causes

N Engl J Med. 2008 May 8;358(19):2077-8. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc0708596.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Death, Sudden, Cardiac / etiology
  • Female
  • Genes, Dominant
  • Heterozygote
  • Humans
  • KCNQ1 Potassium Channel / genetics*
  • Long QT Syndrome / complications
  • Long QT Syndrome / genetics*
  • Male
  • Pedigree
  • Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel / genetics*
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / complications
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / genetics*

Substances

  • KCNQ1 Potassium Channel
  • KCNQ1 protein, human
  • Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel