Action potential-evoked calcium release is impaired in single skeletal muscle fibers from heart failure patients.

Exercise intolerance in chronic heart failure (HF) has been attributed to abnormalities of the skeletal muscles. Muscle function depends on intact excitation-contraction coupling (ECC), but ECC studies in HF models have been inconclusive, due to deficiencies in the animal models and tools used to me...

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Main Authors: Marino DiFranco, Marbella Quiñonez, Perry Shieh, Gregg C Fonarow, Daniel Cruz, Mario C Deng, Julio L Vergara, Holly R Middlekauff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4195605?pdf=render