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SUBMITTER: Priori SG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4237297 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan-Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Indian heart journal 20131222
It is known that monogenic traits may predispose young and otherwise healthy individuals to die suddenly. Diseases such as Long QT Syndrome, Brugada Syndrome and Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy are well known causes of arrhythmic death in young individuals. For several years the concept of "genetic predisposition" to sudden cardiac death has been limited to these uncommon diseases. In the last few years clinical data have supported the view that risk of dying suddenly may cluster ...[more]