Repolarization Reserve and Action Potential Dynamics in Failing Myocytes

Affiliations

¹ From the Heart and Vascular Research Center, MetroHealth Campus of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
² From the Heart and Vascular Research Center, MetroHealth Campus of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. Kenneth.Laurita@case.edu.

Editorial

Ji-Dong Fu et al. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2018 Feb.

. 2018 Feb;11(2):e006137.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.118.006137.

¹ From the Heart and Vascular Research Center, MetroHealth Campus of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
² From the Heart and Vascular Research Center, MetroHealth Campus of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. Kenneth.Laurita@case.edu.

No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; action potential; heart; heart failure; ion channels; isoproterenol.

Comment on

Altered Repolarization Reserve in Failing Rabbit Ventricular Myocytes: Calcium and β-Adrenergic Effects on Delayed- and Inward-Rectifier Potassium Currents.
Hegyi B, Bossuyt J, Ginsburg KS, Mendoza LM, Talken L, Ferrier WT, Pogwizd SM, Izu LT, Chen-Izu Y, Bers DM. Hegyi B, et al. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2018 Feb;11(2):e005852. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.117.005852. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2018. PMID: 29437761 Free PMC article.

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