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Clinical characteristics and determinants of the phenotype in TMEM43 arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy type 5.
Heart rhythm - 1 Jun 2020
Dominguez Fernando, Zorio Esther, Jimenez-Jaimez Juan, Salguero-Bodes Rafael, Zwart Robert, Gonzalez-Lopez Esther, Molina Pilar, Bermúdez-Jiménez Francisco, Delgado Juan F, Braza-Boïls Aitana, Bornstein Belen, Toquero Jorge, Segovia Javier, Van Tintelen J Peter, Lara-Pezzi Enrique, Garcia-Pavia Pablo
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy type V (ARVC-5) is the most aggressive heterozygous form of ARVC. It is predominantly caused by a fully penetrant mutation (p.S358L) in the nondesmosomal gene TMEM43-endemic to Newfoundland, Canada. To date, all familial cases reported worldwide share a common ancestral haplotype. It is unknown whether the p.S358L mutation by itself causes ARVC-5 or...
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