Pharmacological changes in cellular Ca2+homeostasis parallel initiation of atrial arrhythmogenesis in murine langendorff-perfused hearts
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Pharmacological changes in cellular Ca2+ homeostasis parallel initiation of atrial arrhythmogenesis in murine langendorff-perfused hearts
1. Intracellular Ca(2+) overload has been associated with established atrial arrhythmogenesis. The present experiments went on to correlate acute initiation of atrial arrhythmogenesis in Langendorff-perfused mouse hearts with changes in Ca(2+) homeostasis in isolated atrial myocytes following pharmacological procedures that modified the storage or release of sarcoplasmic reticular (SR) Ca(2+) o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0305-1870,1440-1681
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2009.05170.x