Category: News & Articles
New research has found that the answer to treating a rare inherited heart disorder could lie with a drug already on the market. New research has found that the answer to treating a rare inherited heart disorder could lie with a drug already on the market. Associate ... colleagues have found that Flecainide – a drug used to treat heart arrhythmias – could also be used to treat Catecholaminergic ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... I 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 ... sets 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 ... cellular properties that result in rhythms or pacemaking. In the heart, it is this pacemaking ability of cells that causes the heart to ... to change the understanding of diseases of the heart including arrhythmias, gastrointestinal diseases, mood disorders and conditions ...
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... But when it persists, chronic stress increases the risk of obesity, heart disease, cancer, and a variety of other illnesses generally ... Helden 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 ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... I am investigating the causes, progress and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. I also have a strong interest in optimal use of cardiac ... at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and in cardiac electrophysiology (heart rhythm disorders) in London, Ontario. Since 1991, Dr Leitch has ... (ablation using cold temperatures) for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias in Australia. Dr Leitch’s future focus is improving ...
