Torsades de pointes following acute myocardial infarction: evidence for a deadly link with a common genetic variant.

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Published in Heart Rhythm on February 13, 2012

Authors

Lia Crotti1, Dan Hu, Hector Barajas-Martinez, Gaetano M De Ferrari, Antonio Oliva, Roberto Insolia, Guido D Pollevick, Federica Dagradi, Alejandra Guerchicoff, Federica Greco, Peter J Schwartz, Sami Viskin, Charles Antzelevitch

Author Affiliations

1: Section of Cardiology, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.

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