title: Sudden cardiac death in Andersen-Tawil syndrome.
abstract: Andersen-Tawil syndrome (ATS) is an autosomal dominant or sporadic disorder characterized by periodic paralysis, dysmorphic features, and ventricular arrhythmias. Although ventricular tachycardia burden is quite high sudden cardiac death in ATS is rare. We describe a case with sudden cardiac death due to electrical storm a few days after ICD implantation in KCNJ2 mutation-negative ATS.
authors.affiliation: Klinikum Dorothea Christiane Erxleben Quedlinburg, Academic Teaching Hospital of the University Hospital Magdeburg, Innere Medizin II-Kardiologie, Ditfurter Weg 24, 06484 Quedlinburg, Germany. s.peters@klinikum-quedlinburg.de
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schulze-Bahr
authors.forename: Susan P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Etheridge
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tristani-Firouzi
mesh_terms: D050030:Andersen Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology*; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D024661:Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: C489457:KCNJ2 protein, human; D024661:Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying