The contribution of ionic currents to changes in refractoriness of human atrial myocytes associated with chronic atrial fibrillation
The contribution of ionic currents to changes in refractoriness of human atrial myocytes associated with chronic atrial fibrillation
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DOI:
10.1016/s0008-6363(01)00380-7
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发表时间:
2001-11-01
影响因子:
10.8
通讯作者:
Rankin, AC
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作者:
Workman, AJ;Kane, AK;Rankin, AC
Objective: To investigate changes in human atrial single cell functional electrophysiological properties associated with chronic atrial fibrillation (AF), and the contribution to these of accompanying ion current changes. Methods: The whole cell patch clamp technique was used to record action potentials. the effective refractory period (ERP) and ion currents, in the absence and presence of drugs, in enzymatically isolated myocyte, from 11 patients with chronic (>6 months) AF and 39 patients in sinus rhythm. Results: Stimulation at high rates (up to 600 beats/min) markedly shortened late repolarisation and the ERP in cells from patients in sinus rhythm, and depolarised the maximum diastolic potential (MDP). Chronic AF was associated with a reduction in the ERP at physiological rate (from 203 +/- 16 to 104 +/- 15 ms, P