title: Brugada syndrome and calcium channel mutation in a patient with congenital deaf mutism.
abstract: To the best of our knowledge, for the first time in the literature, we described a congenitally deaf-mute patient with Brugada syndrome (BrS) in whom a mutation in L-type Ca+2channel [CACNA1C (Cav1.2α1)] was identified.
authors.affiliation: Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey. Electronic address: dru_canpolat@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Uğur
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Canpolat
authors.affiliation: Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cem
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Coteli
authors.affiliation: Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Kudret
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aytemir
keywords: Brugada syndrome; Calcium channelopathy; Deaf and mute