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A truncating SCN5A mutation combined with genetic variability causes sick sinus syndrome and early atrial fibrillation.
Heart rhythm - 1 Jun 2014
Ziyadeh-Isleem Azza, Clatot Jérôme, Duchatelet Sabine, Gandjbakhch Estelle, Denjoy Isabelle, Hidden-Lucet Françoise, Hatem Stéphane, Deschênes Isabelle, Coulombe Alain, Neyroud Nathalie, Guicheney Pascale
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mutations in the SCN5A gene, encoding the α subunit of the cardiac Na(+) channel, Nav1.5, can result in several life-threatening arrhythmias. OBJECTIVE: To characterize a distal truncating SCN5A mutation, R1860Gfs*12, identified in a family with different phenotypes including sick sinus syndrome, atrial fibrillation (AF), atrial flutter, and atrioventricular block. METHODS: Patch-clamp and biochemical...
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