La mort sobtada cardíaca: buscant mutacions en els gens que codifiquen per als canals iònics cardíacs

Bosch Masanas, Paula
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Sudden cardiac death (SCD), as its name suggests, occurs when the heart stops beating unexpectedly, preventing blood from reaching the brain and other organs. Consequently, the patient can die in a matter of seconds, considering the fact that the SCD is sometimes the first symptom of a disease that has not been detected in time. Sometimes, however, patients have previous symptoms, such as syncope or irregular electrocardiograms. Thus, when an arrhythmia, which could end up causing SCD, is detected, it is recommended to perform genetic tests to determine whether the patient has any mutations in any of the genes encoding the cardiac ion channels. Therefore, the hypothesis of this project has been that a good part of the arrhythmias are caused by a mutation in one or more genes of the cardiac ion channels. For this reason, the objectives of this research have focused on expanding and consolidating the knowledge of the heart and, more specifically, of cardiovascular genetics ​
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