mortality/aging
• sudden death is less frequent than in line 3 (Tg(Myh6-TEAD4)3Afrs)
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cardiovascular system
• atrial enlargment develops more slowly than in line 3 (Tg(Myh6-TEAD4)3Afrs)
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• burst pacing from an intracardiac catheter electrode produced transient episodes of atrial flutter/fibrillation in 6.5 month old mutants
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• exhibit slower conduction over the surface of the atrial and ventricular myocardium
• significant prolongation of the AH interval but not the HV interval, suggesting a conduction delay above the bundle of His
• conduction defects are correlated with dephosphorylation of Gja5 (connexin40) and Gja1 (connexin43) and upregulation of protein phosphatase 1 beta, suggesting that defective conduction is a result of impaired gap-junction conductance rather than assembly
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• surface and intracardiac ECGs reveal prolongation of the PR interval
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• surface and intracardiac ECGs reveal prolongation of QRS duration
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