Partial CFTR genotyping and characterisation of cystic fibrosis patients with myocardial fibrosis and necrosis.

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Myocardial necrosis and fibrosis is a rare complication of cystic fibrosis (CF) causing sudden and unexpected death in infancy due to cardiac arrest. Characteristic morphological lesions are recognisable postmortem. The 18 CF patients with this complication had varied clinical features including mild pulmonary involvement, early onset severe pancreatic insufficiency, and profound electrocardiogram (ECG) changes....

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