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Genetic basis of malignant channelopathies and ventricular fibrillation in the structurally normal heart.
Future cardiology - 1 May 2010
Hofman Nynke, van Lochem Laura T, Wilde Arthur A M
Abstract excerpt
Sudden cardiac death occurs in a minority of patients in the absence of structural or functional abnormalities. In this category, pure electrical heart diseases are responsible for a large number of these unexpected deaths. These conditions include the long QT syndrome, Brugada syndrome, catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, short QT syndrome (collectively referred to as channelopathies) and...
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