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Published on: May 29, 2015
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Amar Trivedi1, Jacob Hoffman1, Rishi Arora1
1Feinberg Cardiovascular and Renal Research Institute, Northwestern University - Feinberg School of Medicine, United States of America.
Abstract:
In this review we examine the current state of gene therapy for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. We describe advances and challenges in successfully creating and incorporating gene vectors into the myocardium. After summarizing the current scientific research in gene transfer technology we then focus on the most promising areas of gene therapy, the treatment of atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachyarrhythmias. We review the scientific literature to determine how gene therapy could potentially be used to treat patients with cardiac arrhythmias.
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