Compound Heterozygous Mutations P336L and I1660V in the Human Cardiac Sodium Channel Associated With the Brugada Syndrome
Author(s) -
Jonathan M. Cordeiro,
Héctor Barajas-Martínez,
Kui Hong,
Elena Burashnikov,
Ryan Pfeiffer,
Anne-Marie Orsino,
Yue Wu,
Dan Hu,
Josép Brugada,
Pedro Brugada,
Charles Antzelevitch,
Robert Dumaine,
Ramón Brugada
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.106.627489
Subject(s) - missense mutation , brugada syndrome , medicine , mexiletine , proband , mutation , sodium channel , compound heterozygosity , endocrinology , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , biology , chemistry , sodium , gene , organic chemistry
Loss-of-function mutations in SCN5A have been associated with the Brugada syndrome. We report the first Brugada syndrome family with compound heterozygous mutations in SCN5A. The proband inherited 1 mutation from each parent and transmitted 1 to each daughter.
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