Long QT genetics manifesting as atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm. 2013 Sep;10(9):1351-3. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.07.012. Epub 2013 Jul 11.
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Keywords: Arg231 mutation; Arg231His; Atrial fibrillation; ECG; I(Ks); KCNQ1 gene; LQT1; LQTS; Long QT syndrome; QTc; corrected QT; electrocardiogram; long QT syndrome; long QT syndrome type 1; slow current of the potassium ion channel.

MeSH terms

  • Atrial Fibrillation / diagnosis
  • Atrial Fibrillation / genetics*
  • Bradycardia / complications
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Electrocardiography
  • Female
  • Fetal Diseases
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infant, Premature
  • Infant, Premature, Diseases / genetics
  • KCNQ1 Potassium Channel / genetics*
  • Long QT Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Long QT Syndrome / genetics*
  • Male
  • Mutation, Missense
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / genetics

Substances

  • KCNQ1 Potassium Channel
  • KCNQ1 protein, human