Population
Highly purified sarcolemmal vesicles isolated from dog ventricles
Comparison
Exposure to external Na+ and Ca2+ vs Varying concentrations or absence of external ions
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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Informs kinetic models of cardiac Ca2+ handling; leaves open physiologic relevance in intact myocytes or human disease.
External Na+ and Ca2+ compete for binding sites to induce Ca2+ efflux in cardiac sarcolemmal vesicles, providing mechanistic insights into cardiac calcium handling.
Philipson et al. (1981) studied this question.
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