Population
Single isolated ventricular cells from rabbit
Comparison
Extracellular acidosis vs Baseline pH 7.5
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
30 seconds
Authors
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Preclinical model only; leaves open human translation of rapid H+-Ca2+ effects on contraction.
Extracellular acidosis rapidly alters ventricular cell contraction and calcium current, which can be predicted by a two-site model of H+-Ca2+ interaction.
Langer et al. (1989) studied this question.
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