Quality of life is as impaired in patients with intermittent AF as in patients with significant structural heart disease. Patients' perception of QoL is not dependent on the objective measures of disease severity that are usually employed.

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This study demonstrates that Cx40 deficiency is associated with sinoatrial, intra-atrial, and atrioventricular conduction disturbances. In atrial myocardium of the mouse, Cx40 deficiency results in increased atrial vulnerability and might contribute to arrhythmogenesis.

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