Arrhythmogenesis and contractile dysfunction in heart failure: roles of sodium-calcium exchange, inward rectifier potassium current, and residual β-adrenergic …

SM Pogwizd, K Schlotthauer, L Li, W Yuan… - Circulation …, 2001 - Am Heart Assoc
Ventricular arrhythmias and contractile dysfunction are the main causes of death in human
heart failure (HF). In a rabbit HF model reproducing these same aspects of human HF, we …

Ca2+/Calmodulin–Dependent Protein Kinase Modulates Cardiac Ryanodine Receptor Phosphorylation and Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+ Leak in Heart Failure

…, TR Shannon, DM Bers, SM Pogwizd - Circulation …, 2005 - Am Heart Assoc
Abnormal release of Ca from sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) via the cardiac ryanodine receptor
(RyR2) may contribute to contractile dysfunction and arrhythmogenesis in heart failure (HF)…

Upregulation of Na+/Ca2+ Exchanger Expression and Function in an Arrhythmogenic Rabbit Model of Heart Failure

SM Pogwizd, M Qi, W Yuan, AM Samarel… - Circulation …, 1999 - Am Heart Assoc
… Using 3D cardiac mapping, Pogwizd 5 has demonstrated that the spontaneously-occurring
VT in these HF rabbits initiates by a nonreentrant mechanism. Recent 3D mapping studies in …

Cellular basis of triggered arrhythmias in heart failure

SM Pogwizd, DM Bers - Trends in cardiovascular medicine, 2004 - Elsevier
Ventricular tachycardia in nonischemic heart failure (HF) initiates by a nonreentrant mechanism
that appears to be due to triggered activity primarily from delayed afterdepolarizations …

Intracellular Na+ Concentration Is Elevated in Heart Failure But Na/K Pump Function Is Unchanged

S Despa, MA Islam, CR Weber, SM Pogwizd, DM Bers - Circulation, 2002 - Am Heart Assoc
… A, Typical control (Ctl) and HF AP at 1 Hz (control AP is from Pogwizd et al 19 ; HF AP was
simulated by extending plateau phase by 42 ms). B, [Ca 2+ ] sm in control and HF calculated …

Elevated Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+ Leak in Intact Ventricular Myocytes From Rabbits in Heart Failure

TR Shannon, SM Pogwizd, DM Bers - Circulation research, 2003 - Am Heart Assoc
Altered sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca 2+ -ATPase and Na + -Ca 2+ exchange (NCX)
function have been implicated in depressing SR Ca 2+ content and contractile function in heart …

Reentrant and focal mechanisms underlying ventricular tachycardia in the human heart.

SM Pogwizd, RH Hoyt, JE Saffitz, PB Corr, JL Cox… - Circulation, 1992 - Am Heart Assoc
BACKGROUND To determine the mechanisms of ventricular tachycardia (VT) in humans,
three-dimensional intraoperative mapping of up to 156 intramural sites was performed in 13 …

Mechanisms underlying spontaneous and induced ventricular arrhythmias in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

SM Pogwizd, JP McKenzie, ME Cain - Circulation, 1998 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—To define the electrophysiological mechanism(s) of inducible and spontaneously
occurring ventricular arrhythmias associated with nonischemic cardiomyopathy, 3-…

Role of RyR2 phosphorylation at S2814 during heart failure progression

…, U Wisløff, T Wieland, X Ai, SM Pogwizd… - Circulation …, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
Rationale: Increased activity of Ca 2+ /calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) is
thought to promote heart failure (HF) progression. However, the importance of CaMKII …

Connexin 43 downregulation and dephosphorylation in nonischemic heart failure is associated with enhanced colocalized protein phosphatase type 2A

X Ai, SM Pogwizd - Circulation research, 2005 - Am Heart Assoc
In nonischemic heart failure (HF), ventricular tachycardia initiates by a nonreentrant
mechanism, but there is altered conduction (that could lead to re-entry) that could arise from …