Sodium channelopathies: do we really understand what's going on?

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Abstract

Long-QT syndrome, Brugada syndrome, and conduction disease may be caused by mutations in the cardiac sodium channel gene SCN5A, and from the ECG one can already presume either a gain- or a loss-of-function defect. We describe a family harboring 2 SCN5A mutations: the ΔKPQ mutation, the "classical" gain-of-function mutation associated with Long-QT syndrome, and the I1660V mutation, a loss-of-function mutation associated with Brugada syndrome. However, we were surprised by the result of genetic testing in this family. One son who carried the ΔKPQ mutation but not the I1660V mutation did not show the expected Long-QT phenotype but, unexpectedly, showed a conduction disease/Brugada phenotype
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)590-593
JournalJournal of cardiovascular electrophysiology
Volume22
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011

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