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Familial ventricular aneurysms and septal defects map to chromosome 10p15.
European heart journal - 1 Mar 2011
Tremblay Nicolas, Yang Shi Wei, Hitz Marc-Phillip, Asselin Géraldine, Ginns Jonathan, Riopel Kathleen, Gendron Roxanne, Montpetit Alexandre, Duhig Edwina, Dubé Marie-Pierre, Radford Dorothy, Andelfinger Gregor
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AIMS: Although ventricular septal defects (VSD) are the most common congenital heart lesion, familial clustering has been described only in rare instances. The aim of this study was to identify genetic factors and chromosomal regions contributing to VSD. METHODS AND RESULTS: A unique, large kindred segregating various forms of septal pathologies-including VSD, ventricular septal aneurysms, and atrial septal...
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