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[Clinic and genetic polymorphism of Brugada syndrome in Russian patients, caused by mutation in SCN5A gene].
Khirurgiia - 1 Jan 2013
Zakliaz'minskaia E V, Shestak A G, Revishvili A Sh, Pronicheva I V, Podoliak D G, Nechaenko M A, Poliakov A V, Dzemeshkevich S L
Abstract excerpt
Brugada syndrome (BrS) is an inherited cardiac arrhythmic disorder, characterized by ST-segment elevation in right precordial leads V1-V2>2 mm, pseudo right bundle branch block (RBBB), T-wave inversion and an increased risk of cardiac sudden death (SCD) due to molymorphic VT. It is estimated to be responsible for 12% of SCD cases and about 20% of deaths in patients with structurally normal hearts in autopsy....
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