The Antimalarial Chloroquine Reduces the Burden of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

• Main Authors: Catalina Tobón (Author), Laura C. Palacio (Author), Bojjibabu Chidipi (Author), Diana P. Slough (Author), Thanh Tran (Author), Nhi Tran (Author), Michelle Reiser (Author), Yu-Shan Lin (Author), Bengt Herweg (Author), Dany Sayad (Author), Javier Saiz (Author), Sami Noujaim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In clinical practice, reducing the burden of persistent atrial fibrillation by pharmacological means is challenging. We explored if blocking the background and the acetylcholine-activated inward rectifier potassium currents (IK1 and IKACh) could be antiarrhythmic in persistent atrial fibrillation. W...