Genetics of Ischemic Cardiomyopathy

quantitative polymerase chain reaction(QPCR) for four genes

In the studied thirteen peripheral blood subjects, five milliliters blood samples were taken from each patient in potassium EDTA tubes, immediately inserted in liquid nitrogen container and then stored in -80 refrigerators. All studied thirteen cardiac tissue subjects were underwent cardiac biopsy after PCI in order to take two specimens from the left ventricle using judkin right seven french catheters for femoral access and cardiac bioptome 2.3 mm wide. All cardiac specimens were collected in cryotubes, immediately inserted in liquid nitrogen container and then stored in -80 refrigerators.