Cell model of catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia reveals early and delayed afterdepolarizations.

BACKGROUND: Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) provide means to study the pathophysiology of genetic disorders. Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) is a malignant inherited ion channel disorder predominantly caused by mutations in the cardiac ryanodine receptor (RyR2). In...

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Main Authors: Kirsi Kujala, Jere Paavola, Anna Lahti, Kim Larsson, Mari Pekkanen-Mattila, Matti Viitasalo, Annukka M Lahtinen, Lauri Toivonen, Kimmo Kontula, Heikki Swan, Mika Laine, Olli Silvennoinen, Katriina Aalto-Setälä
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3433449?pdf=render