Involvement of the Na+/Ca2+ Exchanger in the Automaticity of Guinea-Pig Pulmonary Vein Myocardium as Revealed by SEA0400

• Main Authors: Iyuki Namekata (Author), Yayoi Tsuneoka (Author), Akira Takahara (Author), Hideaki Shimada (Author), Takahiko Sugimoto (Author), Kiyoshi Takeda (Author), Midori Nagaharu (Author), Koki Shigenobu (Author), Toru Kawanishi (Author), Hikaru Tanaka (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract.: We examined the involvement of the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger in the automaticity of the pulmonary vein myocardium with a specific inhibitor, SEA0400. Action potentials were recorded from the myocardial layer of isolated guinea-pig pulmonary vein preparations, and Ca2+ transients were recorded fr...