Altaf Ali

KvLQT1 and KCNE1 K+ Channel Gene Polymorphisms in Long QT Syndrome

Sameera F Qureshi, Altaf Ali, Amol P Jadhav, Ananthapur Venkateshwari, M P Jayakrishnan, Calambur Narasimhan, Jayaprakash Shenthar, Kumarasamy Thangaraj & Pratibha Nallari · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2013

Long QT Syndrome (LQTS), a disorder of the cardiac repolarization process with prolongation of the QT interval (QTc ≥0.46 seconds), is an ion-channelopathy. Mutations in either KCNQ1 or KCNE1 genes are susceptible to LQTS. Hence, screening of KCNQ1 and KCNE1 genes is taken up to...