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Diltiazem prevents stress-induced contractile deficits in cardiomyocytes, but does not reverse the cardiomyopathy phenotype in Mybpc3-knock-in mice.
The Journal of physiology - 15 Jun 2017
Flenner Frederik, Geertz Birgit, Reischmann-Düsener Silke, Weinberger Florian, Eschenhagen Thomas, Carrier Lucie, Friedrich Felix W
Abstract excerpt
KEY POINTS: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common inherited cardiac illness and can lead to diastolic dysfunction, sudden cardiac death and heart failure. Treatment of HCM patients is empirical and current pharmacological treatments are unable to stop disease progression or reverse hypertrophy. In this study, we tested if the non-dihydropyridine Ca2+ channel blocker diltiazem, which previously...
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