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Common genetic variants associated with sudden cardiac death: the FinSCDgen study.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Lahtinen Annukka M, Noseworthy Peter A, Havulinna Aki S, Jula Antti, Karhunen Pekka J, Kettunen Johannes, Perola Markus, Kontula Kimmo, Newton-Cheh Christopher, Salomaa Veikko
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Sudden cardiac death (SCD) accounts for up to half of cardiac mortality. The risk of SCD is heritable but the underlying genetic variants are largely unknown. We investigated whether common genetic variants predisposing to arrhythmia or related electrocardiographic phenotypes, includi...
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