Arvelige hjertesygdomme forårsaget af natriumkanalmutationer

Translated title of the contribution: Inherited cardiac diseases caused by Nav1.5 sodium channel mutations

Jacob Tfelt-Hansen, Søren-Peter Olesen, Jesper Hastrup Svendsen, Thomas Jespersen

Abstract

Contraction of the heart is achieved through a delicately regulated conduction of electrical impulses. A pivotal element in the impulse propagation is the depolarising sodium current responsible for the initial depolarisation of the cardiomyocytes. Recent research has shown that mutations in the gene encoding the cardiac sodium channel (SCN5A) is associated with both rare forms of ventricular arrhythmia, and with the most frequent form of arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation.
Udgivelsesdato: 2009-Apr-6
Translated title of the contributionInherited cardiac diseases caused by Nav1.5 sodium channel mutations
Original languageDanish
JournalUgeskrift for læger
Volume171
Issue number15
Pages (from-to)1261-5
Number of pages4
ISSN0041-5782
Publication statusPublished - 2009

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