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  • Title: On the mechanisms of cardiac electrophysiologic actions of adenosine and adenosine 5'-triphosphate.
    Author: Pelleg A, Miyagawa A, Michelson EL, Dreifus LS.
    Journal: Prog Clin Biol Res; 1988; 275():225-37. PubMed ID: 3051010.
    Abstract:
    Adenosine and ATP exert pronounced electrophysiologic actions on the mammalian heart including a negative chronotropic action on cardiac pacemakers and a negative dromotropic action on atrioventricular conduction. These actions are modulated by complex interactions of the two compounds with the autonomic nervous system. Since both adenosine and ATP are released from myocardial cells under physiologic and pathophysiologic conditions, they could play an important modulating role in cardiac electrophysiology. Indeed, studies during the last decade have yielded strong evidence for the role of adenosine in the genesis of specific arrhythmias associated with myocardial ischemia. Further studies are required to fully elucidate the mechanisms of actions of adenosine and ATP in vivo. These will undoubtedly enhance the understanding of the potential arrhythmogenic, as well as the antiarrhythmic actions of endogenous and exogenous adenosine and ATP.
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