A novel form of familial bidirectional ventricular tachycardia.
We evaluated a family with 30 members, 3 of whom had incessant polymorphous and bidirectional ventricular tachycardia (VT) that was electrocardiographically similar to that described in other familial polymorphic VT series; the VT was unrelated to exercise and asymptomatic. More subtle, but morphologically similar, ventricular arrhythmias were detected in 3 other family members. Genes related to intracellular calcium transport were specifically excluded.
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Eyal
E
Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Lahat
Hadas
H
Constantini
Naama
N
Luria
David
D
Rosenfeld
Gail
G
Eldar
Michael
M
Pras
Elon
E
Glikson
Michael
M
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D004562:Electrocardiography; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010375:Pedigree; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000235:genetics*