Unique clinical characteristics and SCN5A mutations in patients with Brugada syndrome in Taiwan

Unique clinical characteristics and SCN5A mutations in patients with Brugada syndrome in Taiwan

Brugada syndrome (BrS) is a hereditable sudden cardiac death (SCD). Mutations in the SCN5A gene (the most common BrS-causing gene) are responsible for 20–25% of this disease in Caucasian populations. However, the prevalence of SCN5A mutations in patients with BrS in the Chinese Han population in Tai...

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Main Authors: Jyh-Ming Jimmy Juang, Chia-Ti Tsai, Lian-Yu Lin, Yen-Bin Liu, Chih-Chieh Yu, Juey-Jen Hwang, Jien-Jiun Chen, Fu-Chun Chiu, Wen-Jone Chen, Chuen-Den Tseng, Fu-Tien Chiang, Huei-Ming Yeh, Shih-Fan Sherri Yeh, Ling-Ping Lai, Jiunn-Lee Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-07-01
Series:Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Subjects:
Brugada syndrome
SCN5A mutations
sodium channel
Taiwan
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664613000648

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