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Electrophysiological and Electropharmacological Actions of Taurine on Cardiac Cells

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Myocardial levels of taurine fall in ischemia, hypoxia and cardiac failure, with the depletion correlated with the degree of mechanical dysfunction17, 19, 21. Taurine is abundant in myocardium (5.6 μmol/g wet weight in human). This suggests that taurine may be essential to maintain cardiac functions, and involved in cardioprotective functions.

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Satoh, H. (1996). Electrophysiological and Electropharmacological Actions of Taurine on Cardiac Cells. In: Huxtable, R.J., Azuma, J., Kuriyama, K., Nakagawa, M., Baba, A. (eds) Taurine 2. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 403. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0182-8_30

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