Modulation of potassium channel KCNQ1 transcript in right atrial appendage of patients with postoperative atrial fibrillation

Affiliations

• ¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan; Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan; Center for Lipid Biosciences, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Taiwan; Lipid Science and Aging Research Center, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan; Institute/Center of Medical Science and Technology, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan.
• ² Department of Chest Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery and Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Taiwan.
• ³ Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan; Center for Lipid Biosciences, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Taiwan; Lipid Science and Aging Research Center, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan.
• ⁴ Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan; Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan; Department of Internal Medicine, St. Joseph Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
• ⁵ Department of Chest Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery and Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Taiwan. Electronic address: chchhs@kmu.edu.tw.