ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 Guidelines for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and
the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death: A Report of the American College of …

Kléber, André G., and Yoram Rudy. Basic Mechanisms of Cardiac Impulse Propagation and
Associated Arrhythmias. Physiol Rev 84: 431–488, 2004; 10.1152/physrev. 00025.2003 …

1From Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; 2Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri University of
Pavia, Pavia, Italy and New York University, New York, New York; 3University Hospital …

Background—The congenital long-QT syndrome (LQTS) is caused by mutations on several
genes, all of which encode cardiac ion channels. The progressive understanding of the …

Background Mutations in potassium-channel genes KCNQ1 (LQT1 locus) and KCNH2
(LQT2 locus) and the sodium-channel gene SCN5A (LQT3 locus) are the most common …

Background—Mutations in the cardiac ryanodine receptor gene (RyR2) underlie
catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT), an inherited arrhythmogenic …

The rationale for offering an expert consensus document concerning the participation in
competitive sports by individuals with cardiovascular (CV) disease is based on the widely …

The members of the Task Force on Sudden Death dedicate this paper to the memory of our
former friend and colleague, Professor Ronald WF Campbell. Ronnie spent his life working …

Background—A prolonged QT interval is associated with a risk for life-threatening events.
However, little is known about prognostic implications of the reverse—a short QT interval …

Polymorphisms in the genes that code for drug-metabolising enzymes, drug transporters,
drug receptors, and ion channels can affect an individual's risk of having an adverse drug …