Calcium Handling and Arrhythmogenesis.

Autor: Bompotis GC, Pappas LK; Cardiology Department and Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Athens General Hospital 'G. Gennimatas', Athens, Greece. lukepappas@hotmail.com., Angelidis C, Kossyvakis C, Giannopoulos G, Deftereos S
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Medicinal chemistry (Shariqah (United Arab Emirates)) [Med Chem] 2016; Vol. 12 (2), pp. 170-6.
DOI: 10.2174/157340641202160209102839
Abstrakt: Intracellular calcium homeostasis plays a fundamental role in the electric and mechanical function of the heart by modulating action potential pattern and duration, by linking cell membrane depolarization to myocardial contraction and by regulating cardiac automaticity. Abnormalities of intracellular calcium regulation disrupt the electrophysiological properties of the heart and create an arrhythmogenic milieu, which promotes atrial and ventricular arrhythmogenesis and impairs cardiac automaticity and atrioventricular conduction. In this brief review, we summarize the basic genetic, molecular and electrophysiological mechanisms linking inherited or acquired intracellular Ca(2+) dysregulation to arrhythmogenesis.
Databáze: MEDLINE