Patent ID: 7297489

Claim:
A method for detecting a mutation which causes or is associated with long QT syndrome comprising amplifying any one of exons 1-15 of HERG with a pair of primers such that the entire exon, and no other exon or portion thereof, is amplified, and analyzing the amplified exon for a mutation which causes or is associated with long QT syndrome, wherein the pair of primers is selected from the group consisting of: a) SEQ ID NOs:56 and 57; b) SEQ ID NOs:58 and 59; c) SEQ ID NOs:60 and 61; d) SEQ ID NOs:62 and 63; e) SEQ ID NQs:64 and 65; f) SEQ ID NOs:66 and 67; g) SEQ ID NOs:68 and 69; h) SEQ ID NOs:70 and 71; i) SEQ ID NOs:76 and 77; j) SEQ ID NOs:78 and 79; k) SEQ ID NOs:80 and 81; l) SEQ ID NOs:82 and 83; m) SEQ ID NOs:84 and 85; n) SEQ ID NOs:86 and 87; o) SEQ ID NOs:88 and 89; p) SEQ ID NOs:90 and 91; q) SEQ ID NOs:92 and 93; and r) SEQ ID NOs:94 and 95.