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Increased vulnerability of human ventricle to re-entrant excitation in hERG-linked variant 1 short QT syndrome.
PLoS computational biology - 1 Dec 2011
Adeniran Ismail, McPate Mark J, Witchel Harry J, Hancox Jules C, Zhang Henggui
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The short QT syndrome (SQTS) is a genetically heterogeneous condition characterized by abbreviated QT intervals and an increased susceptibility to arrhythmia and sudden death. This simulation study identifies arrhythmogenic mechanisms in the rapid-delayed rectifier K(+) current (I(Kr))-linked SQT1 variant of the SQTS. Markov chain (MC) models were found to be superior to Hodgkin-Huxley (HH) models in reproducing...
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