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Cardiac Arrhythmias Related to Sodium Channel Dysfunction.
Handbook of experimental pharmacology - 1 Jan 2018
Savio-Galimberti Eleonora, Argenziano Mariana, Antzelevitch Charles
Abstract excerpt
The voltage-gated cardiac sodium channel (Nav1.5) is a mega-complex comprised of a pore-forming α subunit and 4 ancillary β-subunits together with numerous protein partners. Genetic defects in the form of rare variants in one or more sodium channel-related genes can cause a loss- or gain-of-function of sodium channel current (INa) leading to the manifestation of various disease phenotypes, including Brugada...
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