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Valerie A. Corfield
Researcher at Stellenbosch University
Publications - 53
Citations - 5043
Valerie A. Corfield is an academic researcher from Stellenbosch University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 53 publications receiving 4812 citations.
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Genotype-Phenotype Correlation in the Long-QT Syndrome Gene-Specific Triggers for Life-Threatening Arrhythmias
Peter J. Schwartz,Silvia G. Priori,Carla Spazzolini,Arthur J. Moss,G. Michael Vincent,Carlo Napolitano,Isabelle Denjoy,Pascale Guicheney,Günter Breithardt,Mark T. Keating,Jeffrey A. Towbin,Alan H. Beggs,Paul A. Brink,Arthur A.M. Wilde,Lauri Toivonen,Wojciech Zareba,Jennifer L. Robinson,Katherine W. Timothy,Valerie A. Corfield,Duangrurdee Wattanasirichaigoon,Clive Corbett,Wilhelm Haverkamp,Eric Schulze-Bahr,Michael H. Lehmann,Ketty Schwartz,Philippe Coumel,Raffaella Bloise +26 more
TL;DR: Life-threatening arrhythmias in LQTS patients tend to occur under specific circumstances in a gene-specific manner, allowing new insights into the mechanisms that relate the electrophysiological consequences of mutations on specific genes to clinical manifestations and offer the possibility of complementing traditional therapy with gene- specific approaches.
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The genetic basis of long QT and short QT syndromes: a mutation update.
Paula L. Hedley,Paula L. Hedley,Poul Jørgensen,Poul Jørgensen,Sarah Schlamowitz,Romilda Wangari,Johanna C. Moolman-Smook,Paul A. Brink,Jørgen K. Kanters,Valerie A. Corfield,Michael Christiansen +10 more
TL;DR: The present mutation update is a comprehensive description of all known LQTS‐ and SQTS‐associated mutations.
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Sudden Death due to Troponin T Mutations
Johanna C Moolman,Valerie A. Corfield,Berthold M Posen,Kholiswa Ngumbela,Christine E. Seidman,Paul A. Brink,Hugh Watkins,Hugh Watkins +7 more
TL;DR: Data support the observation that apparently diverse cardiac troponin T gene mutations produce a consistent disease phenotype, and genotyping at this locus may be particularly informative in patient management and counselling.
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Impaired endocytosis of the ion channel TRPM4 is associated with human progressive familial heart block type I
Martin Kruse,Eric Schulze-Bahr,Valerie A. Corfield,Alf Beckmann,Birgit Stallmeyer,Guven Kurtbay,Iris Ohmert,E. Schulze-Bahr,Paul A. Brink,Olaf Pongs +9 more
TL;DR: Cellular expression studies revealed a gain-of-function mechanism underlying this type of familial heart block and identified the mutation c.19G-->A missense mutation attenuated deSUMOylation of the TRPM4 channel.
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Phenotypic Variability and Unusual Clinical Severity of Congenital Long-QT Syndrome in a Founder Population
Paul A. Brink,Lia Crotti,Valerie A. Corfield,Althea Goosen,Durrheim Ga,Paula L. Hedley,Marshall Heradien,Gerhard Geldenhuys,Emilio Vanoli,Sara Bacchini,Carla Spazzolini,Andrew L. Lundquist,Dan M. Roden,Alfred L. George,Peter J. Schwartz,Peter J. Schwartz +15 more
TL;DR: This study unexpectedly determined that KCNQ1-A341V is associated with greater risk than that reported for large databases of LQT1 patients and identified heart rate, an autonomic marker, as a novel risk factor.