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Genetics of sudden death: focus on inherited channelopathies.
European heart journal - 1 Sept 2011
Cerrone Marina, Priori Silvia G
Abstract excerpt
Since the discovery of the genetic bases of the long QT syndrome, several new genetically mediated arrhythmias have been described, defining a new group of syndromes, called inherited arrhythmogenic diseases. This allowed clarifying the substrate of several cases of juvenile sudden death, previously defined as 'idiopathic ventricular fibrillation'. Studies derived from this field also contributed to advance the...
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