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In silico risk assessment for drug-induction of cardiac arrhythmia.
Progress in biophysics and molecular biology - 1 Sept 2008
Suzuki Shingo, Murakami Shingo, Tsujimae Kenji, Findlay Ian, Kurachi Yoshihisa
Abstract excerpt
The main components of repolarization reserve for the ventricular action potential (AP) are the rapid (I(Kr)) and slow (I(Ks)) delayed outward K(+) currents. While many drugs block I(Kr) and cause life-threatening arrhythmias including torsades de pointes, the frequency of arrhythmias varies between different I(Kr)-blockers. Different types of block of I(Kr) cause distinct phenotypes of prolongation of action...
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