Molecular Basis of Hypokalemia-Induced Ventricular Fibrillation
Author(s) -
Arash Pezhouman,
Neha Singh,
Zhen Song,
Michael Nivala,
Anahita Eskandari,
Hong Cao,
Aneesh Bapat,
Christopher Y. Ko,
Thao P. Nguyen,
Zhilin Qu,
Hrayr S. Karagueuzian,
James N. Weiss
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.115.016217
Subject(s) - hypokalemia , dofetilide , medicine , afterdepolarization , ventricular tachycardia , ventricular fibrillation , cardiology , endocrinology , atrial fibrillation , repolarization , electrophysiology
Hypokalemia is known to promote ventricular arrhythmias, especially in combination with class III antiarrhythmic drugs like dofetilide. Here, we evaluated the underlying molecular mechanisms.
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