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ReviewAnnual review of medicine2025

The Genetic Basis of Sudden Cardiac Death: From Diagnosis to Emerging Genetic Therapies.

Enya R Dewars, Andrew P Landstrom

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Review in Annual review of medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Genetics of Sudden Cardiac Death.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  3. Gene Therapy for Inherited Cardiac Arrhythmias.Journal of cardiovascular translational research · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Enya R DewarsDevelopmental and Stem Cell Biology Program and Cell and Molecular Biology Program, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Andrew P LandstromDepartment of Cell Biology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA.

Funding

Exploring the role of ATP1A3 mutations in sudden unexplained death in epilepsyR01HL160654 · NHLBI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI Andrew P. Landstrom · 2022 to 2026
$3.4M
Determining the genetic and social determinants of heart failure and mortality in patients with congenital heart disease (DEFINE)R01HL166217 · NHLBI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI Andrew P. Landstrom · 2023 to 2026
$2.8M
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation 2020098NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL160654NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL166217
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is an abrupt, tragic manifestation of a number of cardiovascular diseases, primarily ion channelopathies and heritable cardiomyopathies. Because these diseases are heritable, genetics play a key role in the diagnosis and management of SCD-predisposing diseases. Historically, genetics have been used to confirm a diagnosis and identify at-risk family members, but a deeper understanding of the genetic causes of SCD could pave the way for individualized therapy, early risk detection, and a transformative shift toward genetically informed therapies. This review focuses on the evolving genetic landscape of SCD-predisposing diseases, the current state of gene therapy and therapeutic development, and the promise of using predictive genetics to identify individuals at risk of SCD.

Indexed as

Death, Sudden, CardiacGenetic TherapyBrugada SyndromeCardiomyopathiesChannelopathiesGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenetic TestingHumansLong QT Syndromecardiomyopathychannelopathygene therapygeneticssudden cardiac deaththerapeutics

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PMID39499917
PMCPMC11929482

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