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Researchers publish new studies and findings in the area of cardiology

Published in Heart Disease Weekly, May 22nd, 2005

New findings from Canada, France and the United States describe advances in cardiology.

Study 1: A recent report describes inward-rectifier K+ current in guinea-pig ventricular myocytes exposed to hyperosmotic solutions.

According to a study from Canada, "Superfusion of heart cells with hyperosmotic solution causes cell shrinkage and inhibition of membrane ionic currents, including delayed-rectifer K+ currents. To determine whether osmotic shrinkage also inhibits inwardly-rectifying K+ current (IK1 ), guinea-pig ventricular myocytes in the perforated-patch or ruptured-patch configuration were...

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