Wible BA, Hawryluk P, Ficker E, Kuryshev YA, Kirsch G, Brown AM
Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods - vol. 52 136-145 (2005)
Introduction: Direct block of IKr by non-antiarrhythmic drugs (NARDs) is a major cause of QT prolongation and torsades de pointes (TdP), and has made the hERG potassium channel a major target of drug safety programs in cardiotoxicity. Block of hERG currents is not the only way that drugs can adversely impact the repolarizing current IKr, […]