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Do ATP-sensitive potassium channels play a role in myocardial stunning?

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The majority of data suggest that activation of KATP channels by ischemia or by selective KATP channel openers may have therapeutic promise in the treatment of patients during or following a variety of procedures such as percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, thrombolysis, or coronary artery bypass surgery in which impaired regional or global left ventricular function may be the result. Obviously, well-controlled clinical trials are needed to substantiate or refute these theoretical claims as to the importance of KATP channels in myocardial stunning (3).

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  1. Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, 53226, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

    G. J. Gross Ph. D. (Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology)

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Gross, G.J. Do ATP-sensitive potassium channels play a role in myocardial stunning?. Basic Res Cardiol 90, 266–268 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00797895

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