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Sick sinus syndrome with HCN4 mutations shows early onset and frequent association with atrial fibrillation and left ventricular noncompaction.
Heart rhythm - 1 May 2017
Ishikawa Taisuke, Ohno Seiko, Murakami Takashi, Yoshida Kentaro, Mishima Hiroyuki, Fukuoka Tetsuya, Kimoto Hiroki, Sakamoto Risa, Ohkusa Takafumi, Aiba Takeshi, Nogami Akihiko, Sumitomo Naokata, Shimizu Wataru, Yoshiura Koh-Ichiro, Horigome Hitoshi, Horie Minoru, Makita Naomasa
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Familial sick sinus syndrome (SSS) is often attributable to mutations in genes encoding the cardiac Na channel SCN5A and pacemaker channel HCN4. We previously found that SSS with SCN5A mutations shows early onset of manifestations and male predominance. Despite recent reports on the complications of atrial fibrillation (AF) and left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC) in patients with SSS caused by HCN4...
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