| Literature DB >> 19330009 |
Hiroshi Watanabe1, Nagesh Chopra, Derek Laver, Hyun Seok Hwang, Sean S Davies, Daniel E Roach, Henry J Duff, Dan M Roden, Arthur A M Wilde, Björn C Knollmann.
Abstract
Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) is a potentially lethal inherited arrhythmia syndrome in which drug therapy is often ineffective. We discovered that flecainide prevents arrhythmias in a mouse model of CPVT by inhibiting cardiac ryanodine receptor-mediated Ca(2+) release and thereby directly targeting the underlying molecular defect. Flecainide completely prevented CPVT in two human subjects who had remained highly symptomatic on conventional drug therapy, indicating that this currently available drug is a promising mechanism-based therapy for CPVT.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19330009 PMCID: PMC2904954 DOI: 10.1038/nm.1942
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Med ISSN: 1078-8956 Impact factor: 53.440