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A variety of mutations in HERG, the major subunit of the rapidly activating component of the cardiac delayed rectifier I(Kr), have been found to underlie the congenital Long-QT syndrome, LQT2. LQT2 may give rise to severe arrhythmogenic phenotypes leading to sudden cardiac death.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Cardiac Bioelectricity Research and Training Center, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, 509 Wickenden Building, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7207, USA.
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