Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: calmodulin

  • From bedside to bench: The discovery of calmodulinopathy

    Göran WettrellLund, Sweden As a pediatrician specializing in pediatric cardiology, I met in 1982 a twelve-year-old-boy with syncope when playing football. He had four previous episode of losing consciousness during physical activity and once during a fire alarm. His resting ECG was normal but his long-term ECG registration revealed exercised-induced ventricular extrasystoles of increasing complexity.…