Genomics and cardiac arrhythmias.

Abstract excerpt

Sudden cardiac death in patients younger than 35 years of age is primarily due to genetic causes. Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy accounting for 30% to 40% is associated with structural heart disease while the Brugada syndrome and the long QT syndrome (LQTS) are associated with normal cardiac function. This is a review of the genetics of supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias. Atrial fibrillation is...

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