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Use of genetic testing to identify sudden cardiac death syndromes.
Trends in cardiovascular medicine - 1 Nov 2015
Vatta Matteo, Spoonamore Katherine G
Abstract excerpt
Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is a leading cause of mortality worldwide. Although coronary artery disease remains the most common substrate for SCD, primary cardiac genetic diseases, presenting with or without structural heart abnormalities, play a significant role. In the last 30 years, the study of large family pedigrees allowed the discovery of causative genes unveiling the genetic basis of diseases such as...
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