| Literature DB >> 16322774 |
Ilona Bodi1, Gabor Mikala, Sheryl E Koch, Shahab A Akhter, Arnold Schwartz.
Abstract
Sydney Ringer would be overwhelmed today by the implications of his simple experiment performed over 120 years ago showing that the heart would not beat in the absence of Ca2+. Fascination with the role of Ca2+ has proliferated into all aspects of our understanding of normal cardiac function and the progression of heart disease, including induction of cardiac hypertrophy, heart failure, and sudden death. This review examines the role of Ca2+ and the L-type voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels in cardiac disease.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16322774 PMCID: PMC1297268 DOI: 10.1172/JCI27167
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Invest ISSN: 0021-9738 Impact factor: 14.808