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A family with a new elastin gene mutation: broad clinical spectrum, including sudden cardiac death.
Cardiology in the young - 1 Feb 2011
Jakob André, Unger Sheila, Arnold Raoul, Grohmann Jochen, Kraus Cornelia, Schlensak Christian, Stiller Brigitte
Abstract excerpt
Supravalvular aortic stenosis is associated with the Williams-Beuren syndrome, but it also occurs in a non-syndromatic congenital form. An elastin gene mutation of chromosome 7q11.23 is responsible in both cases. The vascular features are identical. These patients have a higher risk of sudden death, particularly when undergoing diagnostic or surgical procedures. We report the account of a family with a new...
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