In turtle ventricular myocytes, the sarcoplasmic reticulum plays a minimal role, and most of the calcium used for contraction originates from the L-type calcium channel.
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Turtle myocyte Ca2+ influx data should not inform clinical practice; leaves open NCX and L-type contributions in mammalian cardiomyocytes.
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