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A novel KCNQ1 missense mutation identified in a patient with juvenile-onset atrial fibrillation causes constitutively open IKs channels.
Heart rhythm - 1 Jan 2014
Hasegawa Kanae, Ohno Seiko, Ashihara Takashi, Itoh Hideki, Ding Wei-Guang, Toyoda Futoshi, Makiyama Takeru, Aoki Hisaaki, Nakamura Yoshihide, Delisle Brian P, Matsuura Hiroshi, Horie Minoru
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BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is one of the most common cardiac arrhythmias. In some patients, the disease is inheritable; however, hereditary aspects of AF remain not fully elucidated. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to identify genetic backgrounds that contribute to juvenile-ons...
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