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Assessment of dynamic cardiac repolarization and contractility in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Andrew E RadbillLucy Y LeiSachin Y ParanjapeDaniel J BlackwellRobert L AbrahamDerek S ChewSatish R RajBjörn C Knollmann
Published in: PloS one (2021)
Rapid pacing trains triggered ventricular ectopy in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients, but not controls. This finding aligns with pre-clinical descriptions of excessive cardiomyocyte calcium loading during rapid pacing, increased post-pause sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium release, and subsequent calcium-triggered activity. Normal contractility at all diastolic intervals argues against clinical significance of altered length-dependent myofilament activation.
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