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SUBMITTER: Tadros R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6769824 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tadros Rafik R Tan Hanno L HL El Mathari Sulayman S Kors Jan A JA Postema Pieter G PG Lahrouchi Najim N Beekman Leander L Radivojkov-Blagojevic Milena M Amin Ahmad S AS Meitinger Thomas T Tanck Michael W MW Wilde Arthur A AA Bezzina Connie R CR
European heart journal 20191001 37
<h4>Aims</h4>Sodium-channel blockers (SCBs) are associated with arrhythmia, but variability of cardiac electrical response remains unexplained. We sought to identify predictors of ajmaline-induced PR and QRS changes and Type I Brugada syndrome (BrS) electrocardiogram (ECG).<h4>Methods and results</h4>In 1368 patients that underwent ajmaline infusion for suspected BrS, we performed measurements of 26 721 ECGs, dose-response mixed modelling and genotyping. We calculated polygenic risk scores (PRS) ...[more]