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cardiac muscle
(redirected from Cardiac myocyte)

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cardiac muscle [′kärd·ē‚ak ¦məs·əl]
(histology)
The principal tissue of the vertebrate heart; composed of a syncytium of striated muscle fibers.


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Hence, alterations in gene expression of cardiac potassium and calcium channels may dramatically affect the capability of a cardiac myocyte to repolarize.
In cardiac myocytes, CK-1827452 increases contractility without changes in the cellular calcium transient, a finding consistent with its mechanism of action.
 
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