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paroxysmal familial ventricular fibrillation; idiopathic ventricular fibrillation
Etiology:
- 5-12% of cases idiopathic
Epidemiology:
- may cause > 300,000 sudden deaths each year in USA
Genetics:
- associated with mutations in SCN5A gene
Clinical manifestations:
- fibrillation induced by stressful emotional stimuli, but not exercise
Special laboratory:
- EKG: short PR interval, prominent gamma wave
Related
Na+ channel protein type 5 subunit alpha; Na+ channel protein type V subunit alpha; voltage-gated Na+ channel subunit alpha Nav1.5; Na+ channel protein cardiac muscle subunit alpha; HH1 (SCN5A)
General
ventricular fibrillation (V Fib)
genetic disease of the heart
Database Correlations
OMIM 603829
References
OMIM :accession 603829