Dapagliflozin reduces the vulnerability of rats with pulmonary arterial hypertension-induced right heart failure to ventricular arrhythmia by restoring calcium handling

Abstract Background Malignant ventricular arrhythmia (VA) is a major contributor to sudden cardiac death (SCD) in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)-induced right heart failure (RHF). Recently, dapagliflozin (DAPA), a sodium/glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor (SGLT2i), has been found...

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Main Authors: Jinchun Wu, Tao Liu, Shaobo Shi, Zhixing Fan, Roddy Hiram, Feng Xiong, Bo Cui, Xiaoling Su, Rong Chang, Wei Zhang, Min Yan, Yanhong Tang, He Huang, Gang Wu, Congxin Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-09-01
Series:Cardiovascular Diabetology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12933-022-01614-5