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Gene Expression Networks in the Murine Pulmonary Myocardium Provide Insight into the Pathobiology of Atrial Fibrillation.
G3 (Bethesda, Md.) - 7 Sept 2017
Boutilier Jordan K, Taylor Rhonda L, Mann Tracy, McNamara Elyshia, Hoffman Gary J, Kenny Jacob, Dilley Rodney J, Henry Peter, Morahan Grant, Laing Nigel G, Nowak Kristen J
Abstract excerpt
The pulmonary myocardium is a muscular coat surrounding the pulmonary and caval veins. Although its definitive physiological function is unknown, it may have a pathological role as the source of ectopic beats initiating atrial fibrillation. How the pulmonary myocardium gains pacemaker function is not clearly defined, although recent evidence indicates that changed transcriptional gene expression networks are at...
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