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Progressive cardiac conduction defect is the prevailing phenotype in carriers of a Brugada syndrome SCN5A mutation.
Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology - 1 Mar 2006
Probst Vincent, Allouis Marie, Sacher Frederic, Pattier Sabine, Babuty Dominique, Mabo Philipe, Mansourati Jacques, Victor Jacques, Nguyen Jean-Michel, Schott Jean-Jacques, Boisseau Pierre, Escande Denis, Le Marec Hervé
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INTRODUCTION: Loss-of-function mutations in the SCN5A gene encoding the cardiac sodium channel are responsible for Brugada syndrome (BS) and also for progressive cardiac conduction disease (inherited Lenègre disease). In an attempt to clarify the frontier between these two entities, we have characterized cardiac conduction defect and its evolution with aging in a cohort of 78 patients carrying a SCN5A mutation...
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