Ionic basis of action potential prolongation of hypertrophied cardiac myocytes isolated from hypertensive rats of different ages - Concepedia

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Ionic basis of action potential prolongation of hypertrophied cardiac myocytes isolated from hypertensive rats of different ages

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1994

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Elisabetta Cerbai, Mario Barbieri, Qi Li, Alessandro Mugelli

Cardiovascular Research

Abstract

Prolongation of action potential in the hypertrophied heart of SHR is due to specific alterations in the repolarising potassium current Ito. The phenomenon is directly related to the duration of hypertension.