Connexin Gene Transfer Preserves Conduction Velocity and Prevents Atrial Fibrillation

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BACKGROUND: Several lines of evidence have suggested that maintenance of atrial fibrillation (AF) depends on reentrant mechanisms. Maintenance of reentry necessitates a sufficiently short refractory period and/or delayed conduction, and AF has been associated with both alterations. Fibrosis, cellular dysfunction, and gap junction protein alterations occur in AF and cause conduction delay. We performed this study...

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