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p.N1380del mutation in the pore-forming region of SCN5A gene is associated with cardiac conduction disturbance and ventricular tachycardia.
Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica - 1 Mar 2017
Yang Zhen, Lu Danbo, Zhang Lei, Hu Jialu, Nie Zhenning, Xie Chang, Qiu Fang, Cheng Hua, Yan Yan
Abstract excerpt
Cardiac sodium channel plays a key role in the fast depolarization and maintenance of impulse conduction in cardiomyocytes. Mutations of SCN5A gene can lead to many types of arrhythmias. A 14-year-old boy with familial paternal history of sudden unexpected nocturnal death was admitted to hospital with recurrent syncope. A cardiac channelopathy was suspected and a pathogenic ion channel was searched for mutation...
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