Heart Problems Related To Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
May 22, 2006 by Lei
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Two genes related to cardiac function has been found to be associated with sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) - the caveolin-3 (CAV3) gene related to long QT syndrome and the cardiac ryanodine receptor (RyR2) gene involved in catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT).
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