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Cardiovascular Research 2003 57(4):871-872; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(02)00849-0
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Copyright © 2003, European Society of Cardiology

Sodium and the heart: a hidden key factor in cardiac regulation

Burkert Pieskea,*, Steven R Houserb, Gerd Hasenfussa and Donald M Bersc

aDepartment of Cardiology and Pneumology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
bMolecular and Cellular Cardiology Laboratories, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
cDepartment of Physiology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL 60153, USA

pieske@med.uni-goettingen.de

* Corresponding author. Tel.: +49-551-3989-25; fax: +49-551-3919-127.

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Myocyte Na+ homeostasis is crucially involved in a number of vital cell functions, such as excitability, excitation–contraction coupling, energy metabolism, pH regulation, as well as cardiac development and growth. However, consideration of Na+ regulation is often relegated to a secondary position in the discussion of cardiac (patho-)physiology, where the focus is typically on contractile proteins, Ca2+ regulation and pH regulation which appear more directly related to contractile function. However, myocyte Na+ homeostasis is as complex as Ca2+ or pH homeostasis and [Na+. . . [Full Text of this Article]


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