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Articles by C. Simard
ELECLAZINE: THE HIDDEN ANTIDIABETIC POTENTIAL?
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DEVELOPING A PATIENT INFORMATION TOOL FOR PREGNANT INDIVIDUALS REQUIRING URGENT IMAGING TO RULE OUT PULMONARY EMBOLISM: A NEEDS' ASSESSMENT FROM A PATIENTS' PERSPECTIVE
BACKGROUND Computed tomography pulmonary angiogram (CTPA) and lung scintigraphy with ventilation/perfusion scan (V/Q scan) are the main diagnostic imaging modalities for pulmonary embolism (PE) in pregnancy. While being associated with ionizing radiation, they are considered safe and well below the radiation threshold associated with fetal toxicities. Counselling on urgent diagnostic imaging to rule out PE in pregnancy may be improved with use of a standardized tool.
THE SCN5A VARIANT C683R RESULTS IN A GAIN-OF-FUNCTION OF THE CARDIAC SODIUM CURRENT (NAV1.5) WITH ADRENERGIC MODULATION
To view the full text, please login as a subscribed user or purchase a subscription. Click here to view the full text on ScienceDirect. Congenital Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is an inherited arrhythmia characterized by prolonged cardiac repolarization that may result in torsades de pointes and sudden cardiac death. Gain-of-function variants of the SCN5A gene, encoding the cardiac sodium channel Nav1.5; INa, underlie nearly 10% of LQTS and cause LQT3.
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