Category: News & Articles
... has found that the answer to treating a rare inherited heart disorder could lie with a drug already on the market.
New ... has found that the answer to treating a rare inherited heart disorder could lie with a drug already on the market.
Associate ... have found that Flecainide – a drug used to treat heart arrhythmias – could also be used to treat Catecholaminergic Polymorphic ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... am interested in understanding how the beating rhythm of the heart is developed within each of the muscle cells within the heart. While it has long been known that ion movements across the cell ... heart rate. Malfunction of this calcium clock produces heart arrhythmias that result in sudden cardiac death.
My research group is ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
What are your research interests?
Heart pacemaking
The lymphatic system
Vascular mechanisms including the ... properties that result in rhythms or pacemaking. In the heart, it is this pacemaking ability of cells that causes the heart to ... change the understanding of diseases of the heart including arrhythmias, gastrointestinal diseases, mood disorders and conditions ...
Category: News & Articles
... it persists, chronic stress increases the risk of obesity, heart disease, cancer, and a variety of other illnesses generally associated ... RyR2 inhibitors as therapy for Ischemia/Reperfusion induced arrhythmias
The mechanisms that trigger fatal cardiac arrhythmias are ... Ca2+ release caused by transient oxygen deprivation of the heart (ischemia/reperfusion injury).
It is hoped that the results of this ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... investigating the causes, progress and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias.
I also have a strong interest in optimal use of cardiac rhythm ... Prince Alfred Hospital and in cardiac electrophysiology (heart rhythm disorders) in London, Ontario. Since 1991, Dr Leitch has worked in ... using cold temperatures) for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias in Australia.
Dr Leitch’s future focus is improving access ...
