Cardiomyocyte Ca2+ overload in atrial tachycardia: Is blockade of L-type Ca2+ channels a promising approach to prevent electrical remodeling and arrhythmogenesis?

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 376, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 227-230

  Dobrev, Dobromir ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial remodeling; Ion channels; Verapamil

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL T TYPE; CALCIUM ION; DILTIAZEM; EFONIDIPINE; MIBEFRADIL; NIMODIPINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VERAPAMIL; CALCIUM;

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TACHYCARDIA;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FUNCTION; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 36448932018     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00210-007-0199-x     Document Type: Review

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