Resolving the role of SK channel activation in the mouse heart

Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia, affecting approximately 1 % of the population. In its treatment, pharmacological inhibition of repolarising potassium channel currents prolongs the atrial action potential (AP) and refractoriness, but due to a lack of atrial-selectivi...

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Main Author: Hancock, Jane M.
Published: University of Bristol 2013
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.627925