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Biophysical properties of mutant KCNQ1 S277L channels linked to hereditary long QT syndrome with phenotypic variability.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 Apr 2011
Aidery Parwez, Kisselbach Jana, Schweizer Patrick A, Becker Rüdiger, Katus Hugo A, Thomas Dierk
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary long QT syndrome (LQTS) is associated with ventricular torsade de pointes tachyarrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. Mutations in a cardiac voltage-gated potassium channel, KCNQ1, induce the most frequent variant of LQTS. We identified a KCNQ1 missense mutation, KCNQ1 S277L, in a patient presenting with recurrent syncope triggered by emotional stress (QTc=528ms). This mutation is located in the...
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