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Genetic testing to predict sudden cardiac death: current perspectives and future goals.
Indian heart journal - 1 Jan 2000
Priori Silvia G
Abstract excerpt
It is known that monogenic traits may predispose young and otherwise healthy individuals to die suddenly. Diseases such as Long QT Syndrome, Brugada Syndrome and Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy are well known causes of arrhythmic death in young individuals. For several years the concept of "genetic predisposition" to sudden cardiac death has been limited to these uncommon diseases. In the last few...
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