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Andersen-Tawil syndrome screening
Introduction
Overview
Overview
There is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for Andersen-Tawil syndrome. But when a patient with positive KCNJ2 mutation follow the patient with ECG and holter monitoring.
Screening
Screening
- There is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for Andersen-Tawil syndrome.
- But when a patient with positive KCNJ2 mutation and have no symptoms in Andersen-Tawil syndrome yearly screening with the following should be considered:
- A 12-lead ECG[1][2][3]
- 24-hour Holter monitoring


References
References
- โ Adam MP, Ardinger HH, Pagon RA, Wallace SE, Bean LJH, Stephens K; et al. (1993). “GeneReviewsยฎ”. PMIDย 20301441.
- โ Spillane, J; Kullmann, D M; Hanna, M G (2015). “Genetic neurological channelopathies: molecular genetics and clinical phenotypes”. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry: jnnp-2015โ311233. doi:10.1136/jnnp-2015-311233. ISSNย 0022-3050.
- โ Fernlund E, Lundin C, Hertervig E, Kongstad O, Alders M, Platonov P (2013). “Novel mutation in the KCNJ2 gene is associated with a malignant arrhythmic phenotype of Andersen-Tawil syndrome”. Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol. 18 (5): 471โ8. doi:10.1111/anec.12074. PMIDย 24047492.
- โ “Recurrent syncope in the Andersen Tawil syndrome โ Cardiac or neurological?”.
- โ “Recurrent syncope in the Andersen Tawil syndrome โ Cardiac or neurological?”.
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Vamsikrishna Gunnam M.B.B.S [2]
