RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Angina in McArdle's disease.
JF Heart
JO Heart
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society
SP 372
OP 373
DO 10.1136/hrt.76.4.372
VO 76
IS 4
A1 D. P. Nicholls
A1 N. P. Campbell
A1 H. P. Stevenson
A1 V. H. Patterson
YR 1996
UL http://heart.bmj.com/content/76/4/372.abstract
AB McArdle's disease (myophosphorylase deficiency) results in the inability to metabolise skeletal muscle glycogen to lactate. A patient with this condition developed angina and therefore offered a unique opportunity to explore the differential expression of the defective myophosphorylase gene in skeletal and cardiac muscle.