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Modeling long QT syndromes using induced pluripotent stem cells: current progress and future challenges.
Trends in cardiovascular medicine - 1 May 2013
Friedrichs Stephanie, Malan Daniela, Sasse Philipp
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Long QT syndromes (LQTS) are a family of inherited monogenetic disorders caused by gain or loss-of-function mutations of cardiac ion channels and are characterized by a prolonged QT interval in the ECG. The disease-specific mutations lead to prolonged action potential durations and early after-depolarizations in cardiomyocytes potentially giving rise to triggered extrabeats and life-threatening arrhythmias in...
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