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Abstract
The local anesthetic agent bupivacaine increases action potential duration in isolated frog atrial myocytes, and blocks two potassium conductances, IK and IK1. The effective concentrations, particularly for IK, are similar to those which depress the sodium conductance. Potassium channel block may thus contribute to bupivacaine's reported cardiotoxicity.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 2450583 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2736(88)90058-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta ISSN: 0006-3002