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[Effect of exogenous creatine phosphate on electrophysiologic myocardial parameters in overload heart failure]
Kardiologiia
|May 1, 1992
Abstract:
Experiments with rats undergoing overload testing showed that exogenous creatine phosphate was likely to fail to penetrate into myocardiocytes and to affect their energy balance directly. However, during its long-term administration in energy deficiency, creatine phosphate was able to maintain cardiac pump function via activation of processes controlling sinus nodal automatism and atrioventricular conduction.
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