Clinical characteristics of sudden death victims in heritable (chromosome 1p1-1q1) conduction and myocardial disease
Steven D. Nelson, MD, FACC*,
Elizabeth A. Sparks, RN*,
Harry L. Graber, MD, FACC*,
Harisios Boudoulas, MD, FACC*,
Ali A. Mehdirad, MD, FACC*,
Peter Baker, MD and
Charles Wooley, MD, FACC*
* Division of Cardiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

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Figure 1 Multigenerational pedigree for sib 2. Each family member is referenced by a confidential code as described in the Methods section. Females are represented as circles and males as squares. Sudden death victims are denoted with a filled symbol and an S. Family members with autopsies are identified with an arrow.
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Figure 2 Multigenerational pedigree for sib 6. See legend for Figure 1 for explanation of pedigree code.
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Figure 3 Multigenerational pedigree for sib 5. See legend for Figure 1 for explanation of pedigree code.
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Figure 4 Multigenerational pedigree for sib 9. See legend for Figure 1 for explanation of pedigree code.
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Figure 5 Graph showing distribution of family members with sudden death with respect to generation in the family pedigree and age at death. Open circles = family members without pacemaker. Closed triangles = family members with pacemaker.
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