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A genetic contribution to risk for postoperative junctional ectopic tachycardia in children undergoing surgery for congenital heart disease.
Heart rhythm - 1 Dec 2011
Borgman Kristie Y, Smith Andrew H, Owen Jill P, Fish Frank A, Kannankeril Prince J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Junctional ectopic tachycardia (JET) is a common arrhythmia complicating pediatric cardiac surgery, with many identifiable clinical risk factors but no genetic risk factors to date. OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that the angiotensin-converting enzyme insertion/deletion (ACE I/D) polymorphism associates with postoperative JET. METHODS: DNA samples were collected from children undergoing the Norwood...
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