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Compound Heterozygous SCN5A Mutations in a Toddler - Are they Associated with a More Severe Phenotype?

  • Luciana Sacilotto,
  • Hindalis Ballesteros Epifanio,
  • Francisco Carlos da Costa Darrieux,
  • Fanny Wulkan,
  • Theo Gremen Mimary Oliveira,
  • Denise Tessariol Hachul,
  • Alexandre da Costa Pereira,
  • Mauricio Ibrahim Scanavacca

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5935/abc.20170006
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 108, no. 1
pp. 70 – 73

Abstract

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Abstract Compound heterozygosity has been described in inherited arrhythmias, and usually associated with a more severe phenotype. Reports of this occurrence in Brugada syndrome patients are still rare. We report a study of genotype-phenotype correlation after the identification of new variants by genetic testing. We describe the case of an affected child with a combination of two different likely pathogenic SCN5A variants, presenting sinus node dysfunction, flutter and atrial fibrillation, prolonged HV interval, spontaneous type 1 Brugada pattern in the prepubescent age and familiar history of sudden death.

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