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The role of a common adenosine monophosphate deaminase (AMPD)-1 polymorphism in outcomes of ischemic and nonischemic heart failure.
Journal of cardiac failure - 1 Dec 2005
Kolek Matthew J, Carlquist John F, Thaneemit-Chen Surai, Lazzeroni Laura C, Whiting Bryant M, Horne Benjamin D, Muhlestein Joseph B, Lavori Philip, Anderson Jeffrey L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A common variant of the adenosine monophosphate deaminase (AMPD)-1 gene (C34T) results in enzymatic inactivity and may increase adenosine in cardiac muscle and confer cardioprotection through ischemic preconditioning. METHODS AND RESULTS: We hypothesized that AMPD1 carriers with ischemic heart failure (HF) in the Beta-Blocker Evaluation of Survival Trial (BEST) might have a relative survival...
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