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Revealing the Concealed Nature of Long-QT Type 3 Syndrome.
Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology - 1 Feb 2017
Greer-Short Amara, George Sharon A, Poelzing Steven, Weinberg Seth H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Gain-of-function mutations in the voltage-gated sodium channel (Nav1.5) are associated with the long-QT-3 (LQT3) syndrome. Nav1.5 is densely expressed at the intercalated disk, and narrow intercellular separation can modulate cell-to-cell coupling via extracellular electric fields and depletion of local sodium ion nanodomains. Models predict that significantly decreasing intercellular cleft widths...
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