https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2023.2663

Family long QT syndrome type 2 associated with KCNH2 gene mutation: aborted sudden cardiac death

Vol. 94 No. 3 (2024)
Submitted: June 13, 2023
Accepted: August 28, 2023
Published: September 13, 2023
Long QT, sudden cardiac death, ventricular tachycardia
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Iván Alejandro Elizalde Uribe
ivanaelizalde22@gmail.com
https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8827-9620
Cardiology Department, National Institute of Medical Science and Nutrition “Salvador Zubiran”, Mexico City, Mexico.
Diego Mendoza Lagos
https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0664-5799
Cardiology Department, National Institute of Medical Science and Nutrition “Salvador Zubiran”, Mexico City, Mexico.
Aldo César Cazares Diazleal
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5123-1904
Cardiology Department, National Institute of Medical Science and Nutrition “Salvador Zubiran”, Mexico City, Mexico.
Elias Noel Andrade Cuellar
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0753-457X
Cardiology Department, Medical National Center “20 de Noviembre”, ISSSTE, Mexico City, Mexico.
Gerardo Payró Ramírez
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8395-4402
Cardiology Department, National Institute of Medical Science and Nutrition “Salvador Zubiran”, Mexico City, Mexico.

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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