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Sealing the leak, healing the heart

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Stabilization of the cardiac ryanodine receptor may represent a new concept in treating sudden cardiac death in several heart disorders.

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Figure 1: Exercise-induced diastolic calcium leak from the sarcoplasmic reticulum may induce delayed-after depolarizations (DADs) and fatal ventricular tachyarrhythmia in different cardiac disorders.

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    Patrick Most

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    Walter J Koch

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