Article
Divergent action potential morphologies reveal nonequilibrium properties of human cardiac Na channels.
Cardiovascular research - 1 Dec 2004
Magyar János, Kiper Carmen E, Dumaine Robert, Burgess Don E, Bányász Tamás, Satin Jonathan
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Fast inward Na current (I(Na)) carried by the voltage-gated Na channel (Na(V)1.5) is critical for action potential (AP) propagation and the rapid upstroke of the cardiac AP. In addition, a small fraction of Na(V)1.5 channels remains open throughout the plateau of the AP, and this current is termed as late I(Na). In patients with mutant Na(V)1.5-based congenital long Q-T (LQT) syndrome, mutant channels...
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