Gene linked to sudden cardiac death Researchers at UCSD Institute of Molecular Medicine have cloned and identified the role of a regulatory gene that in the presence of underlying heart failure, appears culpable in the occurrence of cardiac arrthythmias, or irregular heart beats, that can lead to sudden cardiac death.
NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of NIH, American Heart Association, Jean LeDucq Foundation Contact: Sue Pondrom spondrom@ucsd.edu 619-543-6163 University of California - San Diego
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