title: Genetic testing for inheritable cardiac channelopathies.
abstract: Cardiac channelopathies are linked to an increased risk of ventricular arrhythmia and sudden death. This article reviews the clinical characteristics and genetic basis of common cardiac ion-channel diseases, highlights some genotype-phenotype correlations, and summarizes genetic testing for inheritable cardiac channelopathies.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Fellow in the Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London.
authors.forename: Eszter
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Szepesváry
authors.affiliation: Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist in the Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London WC1N 3JH.
authors.forename: Juan Pablo
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Kaski
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics*; D053447:Channelopathies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005820:Genetic Testing; D006801:Humans