In sheep atrial trabeculae, high potassium and low sodium solutions induce contractures with distinct transient and slow phases mediated by internal calcium release and extracellular calcium entry, respectively.
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Should not alter clinical practice; leaves open translation of dual-phase calcium mechanisms to human atria.
Gibbons et al. (1971) studied this question.
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