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Sex, age, and regional differences in L-type calcium current are important determinants of arrhythmia phenotype in rabbit hearts with drug-induced long QT type 2.
Circulation research - 9 May 2008
Sims Carl, Reisenweber Steven, Viswanathan Prakash C, Choi Bum-Rak, Walker William H, Salama Guy
Abstract excerpt
In congenital and acquired long QT type 2, women are more vulnerable than men to torsade de pointes. In prepubertal rabbits (and children), the arrhythmia phenotype is reversed; however, females still have longer action potential durations than males. Thus, sex differences in K(+) channels and ac...
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