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Electrocardiogram changes and atrial arrhythmias in individuals carrying sodium channel SCN5A D1275N mutation.
Annals of medicine - 1 Sept 2017
Vanninen Sari U M, Nikus Kjell, Aalto-Setälä Katriina
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INTRODUCTION: The cardiac sodium channel SCN5A regulates atrioventricular and ventricular depolarization as well as cardiac conduction. Patients with cardiac electrical abnormalities have an increased risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) and cardio-embolic stroke. Optimal management of cardiac disease includes the understanding of association between the causative mutations and the clinical phenotype. A 12-lead...
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