Not Signed In - Altered Sodium Channel Function Linked To Heart Failure
Tue, 28 Nov 2006 03:00 PM EST
... The results of a study, using mice and heart muscle cells from rabbits, by researchers from Georg-August-University Gottingen, Germany, have provided a potential molecular explanation for the abnormally rapid heartbeats known as ventricular tachyarrhythmias (VTs) that can cause the sudden death associated with heart failure. [click link for full article] ...
Related Topics
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Sodium
- Heart Disease
- Sodium Bicarbonate
- Kidney Failure
- Coronary Heart Disease
- Heart Defects
- Heart Murmur
- Heart Diseases
- Platelet Function
- BNP
- Sodium Flouride
- Right-sided heart failure
- Fatigue and shortness of breath (if poor heart function isn't treated)
- Heart and Circulation
- Heart Attack
- Left-sided heart failure
- Heart failure or abnormal rhythm
- Congestive heart failure (rare)
- Congenital Heart Disease
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