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High Resolution Atrial Depolarization of MZ Twins Detected by Surface Signal Averaging Technique

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

A. Sciacca ,
L. Gedda ,
S. Villatico Campbell ,
G. Brenci ,
F. Di Maio ,
P. Verallo  and
G. Baciarello
A. Sciacca*
Affiliation:
Institute of Medical Pathology, School of Medicine, First University of Rome
L. Gedda
Affiliation:
The Gregor Mendel Institute of Medical Genetics and Twin Research, Rome
S. Villatico Campbell
Affiliation:
Institute of Medical Pathology, School of Medicine, First University of Rome
G. Brenci
Affiliation:
The Gregor Mendel Institute of Medical Genetics and Twin Research, Rome
F. Di Maio
Affiliation:
Institute of Medical Pathology, School of Medicine, First University of Rome
P. Verallo
Affiliation:
Institute of Medical Pathology, School of Medicine, First University of Rome
G. Baciarello
Affiliation:
Institute of Medical Pathology, School of Medicine, First University of Rome
*
Istituto di Patologia Medica, Viale del Policlinico, 00100 Roma, Italy

Abstract

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High resolution tracings of atrial depolarization can be obtained by surface signal averaging technique. A study was conducted on 4 male and 4 female healthy MZ twin pairs aged 10.4 ± 1.3 yrs. Each subject underwent 3 or more recordings, at 10-days intervals. The essential reproducibility could be confirmed, with personal characteristics, as well as the reliability of the technique and the electrophysiological value of the spikes complex. In 3/8 pairs the cotwins showed a significant likeness of the atriogram, while in 5/8 pairs the tracings were not quite resembling between the twins and that is attributed to variations in the chronogenetic characteristics of MZ twins.

Keywords

ElectrocardiogramTwins
Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 33 , Issue 3 , July 1984 , pp. 397 - 402
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1984

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