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Gene-environment interaction between SCN5A-1103Y and hypokalemia influences QT interval prolongation in African Americans: the Jackson Heart Study.
American heart journal - 1 Jan 2014
Akylbekova Ermeg L, Payne John P, Newton-Cheh Christopher, May Warren L, Fox Ervin R, Wilson James G, Sarpong Daniel F, Taylor Herman A, Maher Joseph F
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: African-American ancestry, hypokalemia, and QT interval prolongation on the electrocardiogram are all risk factors for sudden cardiac death (SCD), but their interactions remain to be characterized. SCN5A-1103Y is a common missense variant, of African ancestry, of the cardiac sodium channel gene. SCN5A-1103Y is known to interact with QT-prolonging factors to promote ventricular arrhythmias in persons...
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