Cardiac arrest and left ventricular fibrosis in a Finnish family with the lamin A/C mutation.

INTRODUCTION: We screened the candidate genes from a Finnish family in which the mother was resuscitated from ventricular fibrillation and the daughter died suddenly without any prior cardiac symptoms. METHODS AND RESULTS: In addition to screening of potential structural gene mutations, phenotyping...

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Published in:Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology Vol. 19; no. 7; pp. 743 - 748
Main Authors: Hookana E, Junttila MJ, Särkioja T, Sormunen R, Niemelä M, Raatikainen MJ, Uusimaa P, Lizotte E, Peuhkurinen K, Brugada R, Huikuri HV
Format: case study Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Jul2008
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