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Genetic arrhythmias.
Italian heart journal : official journal of the Italian Federation of Cardiology - 1 Mar 2005
Priori Silvia G, Cerrone Marina
Abstract excerpt
The increasing interaction between molecular biology and clinical cardiology has allowed to demonstrate that mutations on the genes encoding cardiac ion channels or regulatory proteins can cause inherited arrhythmogenic disorders predisposing to sudden death in young individuals. These diseases are the long QT syndrome, the Brugada syndrome, the catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, and the short...
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