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Tetsuo Sasano1, Amy D McDonald, Kan Kikuchi, J Kevin Donahue.
Abstract
Ventricular tachycardia is a common and lethal complication after myocardial infarction. Here we show that focal transfer of a gene encoding a dominant-negative version of the KCNH2 potassium channel (KCNH2-G628S) to the infarct scar border eliminated all ventricular arrhythmias in a porcine model. No proarrhythmia or other negative effects were discernable. Our results demonstrate the potential viability of gene therapy for ablation of ventricular arrhythmias.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 17072309 PMCID: PMC1783685 DOI: 10.1038/nm1503
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Med ISSN: 1078-8956 Impact factor: 53.440