High-density lipoprotein shortens the ventricular action potential. A novel explanation for how statins prevent sudden arrhythmic death?

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011 Jun 28;58(1):45-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.12.048.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Action Potentials
  • Cholesterol, HDL / metabolism
  • Death, Sudden, Cardiac / prevention & control*
  • Electrocardiography / methods*
  • Electrophysiology / methods
  • Heart Conduction System
  • Heart Ventricles / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / pharmacology*
  • Ischemia / pathology
  • Lipoproteins, HDL / metabolism*
  • Risk

Substances

  • Cholesterol, HDL
  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
  • Lipoproteins, HDL