Transcriptional regulation of the cardiac conduction system

VWW van Eif, HD Devalla, GJJ Boink… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
The rate and rhythm of heart muscle contractions are coordinated by the cardiac conduction
system (CCS), a generic term for a collection of different specialized muscular tissues within …

[HTML][HTML] Ion channel disorders and sudden cardiac death

A Garcia-Elias, B Benito - International journal of molecular sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Long QT syndrome, short QT syndrome, Brugada syndrome and catecholaminergic
polymorphic ventricular tachycardia are inherited primary electrical disorders that …

Biobank-driven genomic discovery yields new insight into atrial fibrillation biology

JB Nielsen, RB Thorolfsdottir, LG Fritsche, W Zhou… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
To identify genetic variation underlying atrial fibrillation, the most common cardiac
arrhythmia, we performed a genome-wide association study of> 1,000,000 people, including …

CaMKII-dependent late Na+ current increases electrical dispersion and arrhythmia in ischemia-reperfusion

T Howard, A Greer-Short, T Satroplus… - American Journal …, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
The mechanisms underlying Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII)-
induced arrhythmias in ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) are not fully understood. We tested the …

[HTML][HTML] KV4.3 Expression Modulates NaV1.5 Sodium Current

V Portero, R Wilders, S Casini, F Charpentier… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
In cardiomyocytes, the voltage-gated transient outward potassium current (Ito) is responsible
for the phase-1 repolarization of the action potential (AP). Gain-of-function mutations in …

Recent advances in the treatment of Brugada syndrome

M Argenziano, C Antzelevitch - Expert review of cardiovascular …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction: Brugada syndrome (BrS) is an inherited cardiac arrhythmia
syndrome characterized by ST-segment elevation in right precordial ECG leads and …

Differential Wnt-mediated programming and arrhythmogenesis in right versus left ventricles

G Li, A Khandekar, T Yin, SC Hicks, Q Guo… - Journal of molecular and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Several inherited arrhythmias, including Brugada syndrome and arrhythmogenic
cardiomyopathy, primarily affect the right ventricle and can lead to sudden cardiac death …

Controversies in Brugada syndrome

M Cerrone - Trends in cardiovascular medicine, 2018 - Elsevier
The Brugada syndrome is an inherited channelopathy associated with increased risk of
ventricular arrhythmias and sudden death, often occurring during sleep or resting conditions …

Coexistence of atrioventricular accessory pathways and drug‐induced type 1 Brugada pattern

C Hasdemir, JJM Juang, S Kose… - Pacing and Clinical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background Atrial arrhythmias, particularly atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia, can
coexist with drug‐induced type 1 Brugada electrocardiogram (ECG) pattern (DI‐Type1‐BrP) …

Interventricular differences in sodium current and its potential role in Brugada syndrome

K Calloe, GL Aistrup, JM Di Diego… - Physiological …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Brugada syndrome (BrS) is an inherited disease associated with ST elevation in the right
precordial leads, polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (PVT), and sudden cardiac death in …