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Cardiac T‐Type Calcium Current:
Author(s) -
VASSORT GUY,
ALVAREZ JULIO
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.193
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1540-8167
pISSN - 1045-3873
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1994.tb01175.x
Subject(s) - medicine , calcium , current (fluid) , pathophysiology , voltage dependent calcium channel , calcium channel , neuroscience , cardiology , biology , electrical engineering , engineering
Modulation of T‐Type Calcium Channels. A low threshold, voltage‐gated calcium current is reported in most cardiac tissues but rarely in ventricular cells. This article reports some recently described characteristics and discusses their possible pathophysiologic implications. It also reviews the alterations induced in this current by a variety of chemical agents including several neuromediators in cardiac and other tissues.