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Cardiac Sodium Channel Mutations: Why so Many Phenotypes?
Current topics in membranes - 1 Jan 2016
Liu M, Yang K-C, Dudley S C
Abstract excerpt
The cardiac Na(+) channel (Nav1.5) conducts a depolarizing inward Na(+) current that is responsible for the generation of the upstroke Phase 0 of the action potential. In heart tissue, changes in Na(+) currents can affect conduction velocity and impulse propagation. The cardiac Nav1.5 is also involved in determination of the action potential duration, since some channels may reopen during the plateau phase,...
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