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A paradoxical effect of lidocaine for the N406S mutation of SCN5A associated with Brugada syndrome.
International journal of cardiology - 18 Oct 2007
Itoh Hideki, Tsuji Keiko, Sakaguchi Tomoko, Nagaoka Iori, Oka Yuko, Nakazawa Yuko, Yao Takenori, Jo Hikari, Ashihara Takashi, Ito Makoto, Horie Minoru, Imoto Keiji
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BACKGROUND: Accelerated intermediate inactivation, which is caused by mutations in the cardiac voltage-gated sodium channel alpha-subunit gene (SCN5A), is one of the molecular mechanisms underlying Brugada syndrome. The N406S mutation associated with Brugada syndrome results in the accelerated in...
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