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Calcium cycling in heart failure: the arrhythmia connection.
Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology - 1 Jan 2002
Pogwizd Steven M, Bers Donald M
Abstract excerpt
Ventricular tachycardia in nonischemic heart failure (HF) arises from a nonreentrant mechanism most likely due to delayed afterdepolarizations from activation of a transient inward current (I(ti)). We present data and a paradigm in which an up-regulated Na/Ca exchanger, residual beta-adrenergic responsiveness, and decreased inward rectifying K current (I(K1)) in HF all conspire to markedly increase the propensity...
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