Are post-operative arrhythmias in patients with metabolic syndrome a sign of dysfunctional mitochondria?

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¹ Department of Physiology and the East Carolina Diabetes Institute, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina. Electronic address: brownda@ecu.edu.

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David A Brown et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013.

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. 2013 Oct 15;62(16):1474-5.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.03.057. Epub 2013 May 1.

¹ Department of Physiology and the East Carolina Diabetes Institute, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina. Electronic address: brownda@ecu.edu.

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Keywords: atrial fibrillation; cardiac surgery; diabetes; gene expression; mitochondria.

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Mitochondrial dysfunction as an arrhythmogenic substrate: a translational proof-of-concept study in patients with metabolic syndrome in whom post-operative atrial fibrillation develops.
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