Review

Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine (2008) 5, 196-207
doi:10.1038/ncpcardio1130  
Received 17 July 2007 | Accepted 25 November 2007 | Published online: 4 March 2008

Mechanisms of Disease: ion channel remodeling in the failing ventricle

Robert D Nass, Takeshi Aiba, Gordon F Tomaselli and Fadi G Akar*

Correspondence *Cardiovascular Research Centre, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Box 1030, One Gustave L Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA

Email
 fadi.akar@mssm.edu

Elucidating arrhythmia mechanisms in heart failure at the basic ionic level will facilitate the design of novel therapeutic approaches. In this Review, Nass and colleagues examine some of the important changes in ventricular ion channels and calcium-handling proteins that underlie electrical remodeling.

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