Mechanism-based therapies for heart failure and cardiac arrhythmias

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Other Authors: Marks, Andrew R., 1955- (Speaker)
Format: Electronic Video
Language:English
Published: London : Henry Stewart Talks, 2007.
Series:Henry Stewart talks. Biomedical & life sciences collection. Calcium signaling I.
Henry Stewart talks. Biomedical & life sciences collection. Calcium signaling II.
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Online Access:https://hstalks.com/bs/427/
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents: Introduction to excitation-contraction coupling
  • History of the field of EC coupling
  • Introduction to the ryanodine receptor/calcium release channel (RyR2)
  • Mechanisms that regulate the RyR2 channel during stress
  • Defective regulation of RyR2 in heart failure
  • Evidence that diastolic sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) calcium leak causes heart failure and arrhythmias in vivo
  • Novel therapeutic approaches to treating heart failure and preventing sudden cardiac death by fixing the leak in RyR2 channels.