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Ranolazine for congenital and acquired late INa-linked arrhythmias: in silico pharmacological screening.
Circulation research - 13 Sept 2013
Moreno Jonathan D, Yang Pei-Chi, Bankston John R, Grandi Eleonora, Bers Donald M, Kass Robert S, Clancy Colleen E
Abstract excerpt
RATIONALE: The antianginal ranolazine blocks the human ether-a-go-go-related gene-based current IKr at therapeutic concentrations and causes QT interval prolongation. Thus, ranolazine is contraindicated for patients with preexisting long-QT and those with repolarization abnormalities. However, with its preferential targeting of late INa (INaL), patients with disease resulting from increased INaL from inherited...
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