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Pacemaker channel dysfunction in a patient with sinus node disease.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 May 2003
Schulze-Bahr Eric, Neu Axel, Friederich Patrick, Kaupp U Benjamin, Breithardt Günter, Pongs Olaf, Isbrandt Dirk
Abstract excerpt
The cardiac pacemaker current I(f) is a major determinant of diastolic depolarization in sinus nodal cells and has a key role in heartbeat generation. Therefore, we hypothesized that some forms of "idiopathic" sinus node dysfunction (SND) are related to inherited dysfunctions of cardiac pacemaker ion channels. In a candidate gene approach, a heterozygous 1-bp deletion (1631delC) in exon 5 of the human HCN4 gene...
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