2021
Impaired Right Ventricular Calcium Cycling Is an Early Risk Factor in R14del-Phospholamban Arrhythmias
Haghighi K, Gardner G, Vafiadaki E, Kumar M, Green LC, Ma J, Crocker JS, Koch S, Arvanitis DA, Bidwell P, Rubinstein J, van de Leur R, Doevendans PA, Akar FG, Tranter M, Wang HS, Sadayappan S, DeMazumder D, Sanoudou D, Hajjar RJ, Stillitano F, Kranias EG. Impaired Right Ventricular Calcium Cycling Is an Early Risk Factor in R14del-Phospholamban Arrhythmias. Journal Of Personalized Medicine 2021, 11: 502. PMID: 34204946, PMCID: PMC8226909, DOI: 10.3390/jpm11060502.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRight ventricleMalignant ventricular arrhythmiasEarly risk factorsAction potential durationCaMKII inhibitor KN93Stress-induced impairmentCellular pathogenic mechanismsProarrhythmic parametersSR Ca loadPrognostic factorsRisk stratificationVentricular arrhythmiasHumanized micePoor prognosisVentricular tachyarrhythmiasFatal arrhythmiasAsymptomatic carriersElectrocardiographic featuresRisk factorsAtrioventricular conductionContractile parametersPotential durationCardiomyopathy onsetPathogenic mechanismsHuman wild type
2017
Oxidative stress and inflammation as central mediators of atrial fibrillation in obesity and diabetes
Karam BS, Chavez-Moreno A, Koh W, Akar JG, Akar FG. Oxidative stress and inflammation as central mediators of atrial fibrillation in obesity and diabetes. Cardiovascular Diabetology 2017, 16: 120. PMID: 28962617, PMCID: PMC5622555, DOI: 10.1186/s12933-017-0604-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAtrial fibrillationOxidative stressCommon sustained cardiac arrhythmiaMaintenance of AFSustained cardiac arrhythmiaDiabetic heartElectrical remodelingRisk factorsAtrial excitabilityTherapeutic strategiesCardiac arrhythmiasInflammationCentral mediatorObesityDiabetesFibrillationMechanistic linkMellitusArrhythmiasExcitability
2004
Ionic mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias
Akar F, Tomaselli G. Ionic mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias. Drug Discovery Today Disease Mechanisms 2004, 1: 23-30. DOI: 10.1016/j.ddmec.2004.08.005.ChaptersIndividual cardiac myocytesArrhythmia controlCardiac arrhythmiasIntricate vascular networkDuke University Medical CenterCardiac myocytesGood arrhythmia controlSudden cardiac death casesCardiac death casesUniversity Medical CenterIonic mechanismsGenetic risk factorsPascal J. Goldschmidt-ClermontGlobal electrical activityCardiovascular deathAbnormal heart rhythmMalignant arrhythmiasDrug therapyRhythm disturbancesHeart diseaseRisk factorsMedical CenterTherapeutic strategiesArrhythmia syndromesCardiac chambers