Article
Sodium channel variants in heart disease: expanding horizons.
Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology - 1 May 2006
Tan Hanno L
Abstract excerpt
Inherited arrhythmia syndromes have advanced our understanding of cardiac sodium (Na) channel function in health and disease. Long QT syndrome (LQT3) is consistently caused by increased net Na current secondary to inactivation defects, which give rise to persistent Na current. Conversely, various gating changes that ultimately result in reduced Na current may elicit Brugada syndrome, conduction disease, atrial...
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