https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2023.2663
Family long QT syndrome type 2 associated with KCNH2 gene mutation: aborted sudden cardiac death
Submitted: June 13, 2023
Accepted: August 28, 2023
Published: September 13, 2023
Accepted: August 28, 2023
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A complete screening was performed in a family after one of its members presented with a sudden cardiac death event. A genetic analysis revealed a mutation that led to a long QT syndrome.
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Elizalde Uribe, Iván Alejandro, Diego Mendoza Lagos, Aldo César Cazares Diazleal, Elias Noel Andrade Cuellar, and Gerardo Payró Ramírez. 2023. “Family Long QT Syndrome Type 2 Associated With <i>KCNH2< i> Gene Mutation: Aborted Sudden Cardiac Death”. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 94 (3). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2023.2663.
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