Knock-in gain-of-function sodium channel mutation prolongs atrial action potentials and alters atrial vulnerability

Authors : Blana A; Kaese S; Fortmüller L; Laakmann S; Damke D; van Bragt K; Eckstein J; Piccini I; Kirchhefer U; Nattel S; Breithardt G; Carmeliet P; Carmeliet E; Schotten U; Verheule S; Kirchhof P;

Affiliations : Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research Münster (IZKF Münster), Münster, Germany Address reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Larissa Fabritz, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital Münster, D-48129 Münster, Germany

Journal : Heart Rhythm   (2010)

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Knock-in gain-of-function sodium channel mutation prolongs atrial action potentials and alters atrial vulnerability

Authors : Blana A; Kaese S; Fortmüller L; Laakmann S; Damke D; van Bragt K; Eckstein J; Piccini I; Kirchhefer U; Nattel S; Breithardt G; Carmeliet P; Carmeliet E; Schotten U; Verheule S; Kirchhof P;

Affiliations : Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research Münster (IZKF Münster), Münster, Germany Address reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Larissa Fabritz, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital Münster, D-48129 Münster, Germany

Journal : Heart Rhythm   (2010)

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Rearrangement of Atrial Bundle Architecture and Consequent Changes in Anisotropy of Conduction Constitute the 3-Dimensional Substrate for Atrial Fibrillation

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Affiliations : From the Department of Physiology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands (B.M., S.Z., J.E., A.v.H., S.V., U.S.); Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Maastricht University Hospital, Maastricht, The Netherlands (B.M., J.M.); Department of Engineering Science (C.A.) and Department of Physiology, Anatomy, and Genetics (R.A.B.B., D.T., V.G.), University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Department of Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland (J.E.); National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom (P.K.); and Centre for Advanced Biomedical Imaging, University College London, London, United Kingdom (D.J.S.).

Journal : N/A   (2013)

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