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SCN5A variation is associated with electrocardiographic traits in the Jackson Heart Study.
Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics - 1 Apr 2011
Jeff Janina M, Brown-Gentry Kristin, Buxbaum Sarah G, Sarpong Daniel F, Taylor Herman A, George Alfred L, Roden Dan M, Crawford Dana C
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BACKGROUND: Understanding variation in the normal electric activity of the heart, assessed by the ECG, may provide a starting point for studies of susceptibility to serious arrhythmias such as sudden cardiac death during myocardial infarction or drug therapy. Recent genetic association studies of one ECG trait, the QT interval, have identified common variation in European-descent populations, but little is known...
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