Study Offers Clues to Link Between Arrhythmia, Sudden Death

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Koren and his team also believe that HERG and KvLQT1 may interact, and that a mutation of either one of these genes could affect the other.

"While results from animal models are not always applicable to humans, we believe our findings are a first step toward gaining a better understanding of how and why arrhythmias cause sudden cardiac death. However, there is much more that we still don't know," Koren said.

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The American Academy of Family Physicians has more about arrhythmia.

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