Article
Sudden Cardiac Arrest and Rare Genetic Variants in the Community.
Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics - 1 Apr 2016
Milano Annalisa, Blom Marieke T, Lodder Elisabeth M, van Hoeijen Daniel A, Barc Julien, Koopmann Tamara T, Bardai Abdennasser, Beekman Leander, Lichtner Peter, van den Berg Maarten P, Wilde Arthur A M, Bezzina Connie R, Tan Hanno L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) ranks among the most common causes of death worldwide. Because SCA is most often lethal, yet mostly occurs in individuals without previously known cardiac disease, the identification of patients at risk for SCA could save many lives. In unselected SCA victims from the community, common genetic variants (which are not disease-causing per se, but may increase susceptibility...
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