Mutations in Danish patients with long QT syndrome and the identification of a large founder family with p.F29L in KCNH2

Michael Christiansen, Paula L Hedley, Juliane Theilade, Birgitte Stoevring, Trond P Leren, Ole Eschen, Karina M Sørensen, Anne Tybjærg-Hansen, Lilian Bomme Ousager, Lisbeth N Pedersen, Ruth Frikke-Schmidt, Frederik Heurlin Aidt, Michael G Hansen, Jim Hansen, Poul Erik Bloch Thomsen, Egon Toft, Finn Lund Henriksen, Henning Bundgaard, Henrik Kjærulf Jensen, Jørgen K. Kanters

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Abstract

Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a cardiac ion channelopathy which presents clinically with palpitations, syncope or sudden death. More than 700 LQTS-causing mutations have been identified in 13 genes, all of which encode proteins involved in the execution of the cardiac action potential. The most frequently affected genes, covering > 90% of cases, are KCNQ1, KCNH2 and SCN5A.
Original languageEnglish
Article number31
JournalB M C Medical Genetics
Volume15
Number of pages11
ISSN1471-2350
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014

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