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Hereditary Cardiac Conduction Diseases

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Cardiac conduction defects (CCD) are a group of serious and potentially life-threatening disorders. CCD belongs to a group of pathologies with an alteration of cardiac conduction through the atrioventricular (AV) node, the His-Purkinje system with right or left bundle branch block, and widening of QRS complexes. CCD can lead to complete atrioventricular block (AV block) and cause syncope and sudden death.

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Schott, JJ. (2011). Hereditary Cardiac Conduction Diseases. In: Baars, H., Doevendans, P., van der Smagt, J. (eds) Clinical Cardiogenetics. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84996-471-5_17

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