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Familial Atrial Septal Defect and Sudden Cardiac Death: Identification of a Novel NKX2-5 Mutation and a Review of the Literature.
Congenital heart disease - 1 May 2016
Ellesøe Sabrina Gade, Johansen Morten Munk, Bjerre Jesper Vandborg, Hjortdal Vibeke Elisabeth, Brunak Søren, Larsen Lars Allan
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Atrial septal defect (ASD) is the second most common congenital heart defect (CHD) and is observed in families as an autosomal dominant trait as well as in nonfamilial CHD. Mutations in the NKX2-5 gene, located on chromosome 5, are associated with ASD, often combined with conduction disturbances, cardiomyopathies, complex CHD, and sudden cardiac death as well. Here, we show that NKX2-5 mutations...
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