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High-affinity blockade of human ether-a-go-go-related gene human cardiac potassium channels by the novel antiarrhythmic drug BRL-32872.
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics - 1 May 2001
Thomas D, Wendt-Nordahl G, Röckl K, Ficker E, Brown A M, Kiehn J
Abstract excerpt
Human ether-a-go-go-related gene (HERG) potassium channels are one primary target for the pharmacological treatment of cardiac arrhythmias by class III antiarrhythmic drugs. These drugs are characterized by high antiarrhythmic efficacy, but they can also initiate life-threatening "torsade de pointes" tachyarrhythmias. Recently, it has been suggested that combining potassium and calcium channel blocking mechanisms...
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