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No evidence for an association between the -36A>C phospholamban gene polymorphism and a worse prognosis in heart failure.
BMC cardiovascular disorders - 28 Jul 2009
Santos Diogo G B, Medeiros Alessandra, Brum Patrícia C, Mill José G, Mansur Alfredo J, Krieger José E, Pereira Alexandre C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In Brazil, heart failure leads to approximately 25,000 deaths per year. Abnormal calcium handling is a hallmark of heart failure and changes in genes encoding for proteins involved in the re-uptake of calcium might harbor mutations leading to inherited cardiomyopathies. Phospholamban (PLN) plays a prime role in cardiac contractility and relaxation and mutations in the gene encoding PLN have been...
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