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ArticleThe Journal of physiology2019

Action potential shortening rescues atrial calcium alternans.

Giedrius Kanaporis, Zane M Kalik, Lothar A Blatter

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Article in The Journal of physiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. Activation of Small Conductance CaInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  4. Abnormal CaFrontiers in pharmacology · 2025
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  8. Targeted Atrial Fibrillation Therapy and Risk Stratification Using Atrial Alternans.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2023
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  9. Activation of small conductance CaThe Journal of physiology · 2023
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  13. Inhibition of CaPflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology · 2021
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  14. Chemical modulation of Kv7 potassium channels.RSC medicinal chemistry · 2021
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  15. Excitation-contraction coupling and calcium release in atrial muscle.Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology · 2021
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  16. Interleukin-6-Mediated-CaFrontiers in immunology · 2021
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  17. Mitochondrial calcium uniporter complex activation protects against calcium alternans in atrial myocytes.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Giedrius KanaporisDepartment of Physiology & Biophysics, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3593-1182
Zane M KalikDepartment of Physiology & Biophysics, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.
Lothar A BlatterDepartment of Physiology & Biophysics, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3409-8678
Rush University Medical Center · US

Funding

Pathophysiological Regulation of Atrial Alternans and Atrial FibrillationR01HL132871 · NHLBI · RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI BANACH, KATHRIN, BLATTER, LOTHAR A · 2017 to 2020
$1.6M
Pathophysiological Regulation of Atrial Myocyte Excitation-Contraction Coupling and Calcium SignalingR01HL134781 · NHLBI · RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI BLATTER, LOTHAR A · 2017 to 2020
$1.5M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL132871NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL134781
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

key pointsCardiac alternans refers to a beat-to-beat alternation in contraction, action potential (AP) morphology and Ca ABSTRACT: At the cellular level alternans is observed as beat-to-beat alternations in contraction, action potential (AP) morphology and magnitude of the Ca

Indexed as

Action PotentialsAnimalsAtrial FibrillationCalciumCalcium SignalingHeart AtriaMaleMyocytes, CardiacPotassium ChannelsRabbitsSarcoplasmic ReticulumCalciumPotassium Channelsaction potential durationalternansarrhythmiaatriacalciumexcitation-contraction couplingK+ current

Identifiers

PMID30412286
PMCPMC6355632
OpenAlexW2904250638

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