Four-Generation Family With Ebstein Anomaly Highlights Future Challenges in Congenital Heart Disease Genetics

David S Winlaw1, Sally L Dunwoodie2, Edwin P Kirk2

  • 1From the Heart Centre for Children, Children's Hospital at Westmead (D.S.W.), Sydney Children's Hospitals Network (D.S.W., E.P.K.), Faculty of Medicine (D.S.W.), and Centre for Clinical Genetics, Sydney Children's Hospital (E.P.K.), University of Sydney, Randwick, NSW, Australia; Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia (D.S.W., S.L.D.); Faculties of Medicine and Science (S.L.D.) and School of Women's and Children's Health (E.P.K.), University of New South Wales, Randwick, Australia; and NSW Health Pathology Randwick Genetics Laboratory, Australia (E.P.K.). david.winlaw@sydney.edu.au.

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