pubmed-article:7532555 | pubmed:abstractText | The mechanism of the reversible upward shift of the left ventricular diastolic pressure-volume relation during demand ischemia is controversial. To assess the possibility that cation influx through stretch-activation channels may contribute to the upward shift, we asked whether gadolinium, a blocker of the stretch-activated channels, attenuates the upward shift of the diastolic pressure-volume relation during pacing-induced ischemia in 5 dogs. | lld:pubmed |