Ellen Damgaard Andersen

Ellen Damgaard Andersen
Born (1939-07-10) 10 July 1939

Ellen Damgaard Andersen is a Danish physician and researcher who described Andersen Syndrome.[1][2][3] This autosomal, dominant trait and the syndrome was described as a condition where ventricular arrhythmia, with an accompanying a variant of long QT interval, periodic paralysis and distinctive physical characteristics. Along with her colleagues Peter Krasilnikoff and Hans Overad, Andersen studied the syndrome in 1971, where she oversaw the case of a young child who was experiencing episodes of paralysis and developmental irregularities.[4]

References

  1. ^ Pietersen, Adrian H.; Andersen, Ellen Damgaard; Sandøe, Erik (1992-08-20). "Atrial fibrillation in the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome". American Journal of Cardiology. 70 (5): A38 – A43. doi:10.1016/0002-9149(92)91076-G. ISSN 0002-9149. PMID 1509997.
  2. ^ "Whonamedit - dictionary of medical eponyms". www.whonamedit.com.
  3. ^ Andersen ED, Krasilnikoff PA, Overvad H (1971). "Intermittent muscular weakness, extrasystoles, and multiple developmental anomalies. A new syndrome?". Acta Paediatrica Scandinavica. 60 (5): 559–64. doi:10.1111/j.1651-2227.1971.tb06990.x. PMID 4106724.
  4. ^ Stuart-Smith, Jenny; Cadogan, Mike; Cadogan, Jenny Stuart-Smith and Mike (2020-01-11). "Ellen D. Andersen". Life in the Fast Lane • LITFL. Retrieved 2025-10-28.


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