A critical role for L-type Ca2+ current in the regulation of Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum in human ventricular myocytes from dilated cardiomyopathy

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1998 Sep 16:853:353-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb08298.x.

Authors

K R Sipido¹, T Stankovicova, J Vanhaecke, W Flameng, F Verdonck

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, University of Leuven, Belgium. Karin.Sipido@med.kuleuven.ac.be

PMID: 10603978
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb08298.x

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Calcium / metabolism*
Calcium Channels, L-Type / physiology*
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / metabolism
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / physiopathology*
Electric Stimulation
Heart Ventricles
Humans
Membrane Potentials
Myocardium / metabolism
Myocardium / pathology
Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / metabolism
Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / physiology*

Substances

Calcium Channels, L-Type
Calcium