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Hypoxia increases potassium efflux from mammalian myocardium

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Hypoxia with or without simultaneous depletion of extracellular glucose increases42K-efflux in cat and guinea-pig papillary muscles and bovine Purkinje fibres. The change observed in K efflux may be the result of an increase in K conductance at rest.

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  1. Laboratorium voor Fysiologie, Universiteit Leuven, Dekenstraat 6, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium

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Vleugels, A., Carmeliet, E. Hypoxia increases potassium efflux from mammalian myocardium. Experientia 32, 483–484 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01920810

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