Table 1.
Characteristics of patients with sinus-rhythm pooled for qPCR experiments.
| Patients n= 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Gender | male | 11 (92 %) |
| female | 1 (8 %) | |
| Age | ≤60 | 2 (17 %) |
| 61-75 | 10 (83 %) | |
| ≥76 | 0 (0 %) | |
| LV-function | normal | 12 (100 %) |
| moderate-to-serve dysfunction | 0 (0 %) | |
| Pharmacological | ACE-inhibitor | 7 (58 %) |
| treatment | ß-blocker | 7 (58 %) |
| Ca2+ -antagonist | 3 (25 %) | |
| digitoxin | 1 (8 %) | |
| loop-diuretic | 6 (50 %) | |
| K+-sparing diuretic | 3 (25 %) | |
| thiazide-diuretic | 2 (17 %) | |
| statin | 6 (50 %) | |
| glyceryl trinitrate | 1 (8 %) | |
| Cardiosurgical procedure | coronary artery bypass | 8 (67 %) |
| aortic valve replacement | 3 (25 %) | |
| mitral valve replacement or repair | 1 (8 %) | |
| thoracic aneurysm repair | 1 (8 %) | |
| left ventricular aneurysmectomy | 1 (8 %) |