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Less than 1 percent of the population has been diagnosed with Long QT syndrome – a rare heart condition that can cause chaotic, sometimes fatal, heart rhythms.
Mind the gap: Heart cells cozy up to prevent deadly arrhythmias Published Tuesday, May. 11, 2021, 12:00 am Join AFP's 100,000+ followers on Facebook Purchase a subscription to AFP Subscribe to AFP podcasts on iTunes and Spotify News, press releases, letters to the editor: augustafreepress2@gmail.com (© Adiano – stock.adobe.com) Blood may seem like a simple fluid, but its chemistry is rather complex. When too much potassium, for instance, accumulates in the bloodstream, patients may experience deadly irregular heart rhythms. In a new study, published in Pflügers Archiv European Journal ...
Steven Poelzing, associate professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, led a team of cardiovascular scientists studying electrical conduction in the heart, showing increased sodium and calcium levels in the bloodstream helps keep dangerous heart rhythms at bay.