Proposed diagnostic criteria for the Brugada syndrome: consensus report

…, P Brugada, D Corrado, RNW Hauer, RS Kass… - Circulation, 2002 - Am Heart Assoc
in a superior intercostal space in individuals with high clinical suspicion (aborted sudden
cardiac death victims, family members of patients with Brugada syndrome) may also disclose …

Molecular physiology of cardiac repolarization

JM Nerbonne, RS Kass - Physiological reviews, 2005 - journals.physiology.org
The heart is a rhythmic electromechanical pump, the functioning of which depends on action
potential generation and propagation, followed by relaxation and a period of refractoriness …

Requirement of a macromolecular signaling complex for β adrenergic receptor modulation of the KCNQ1-KCNE1 potassium channel

…, H Motoike, J D'Armiento, AR Marks, RS Kass - Science, 2002 - science.org
Sympathetic nervous system (SNS) regulation of cardiac action potential duration (APD) is
mediated by β adrenergic receptor (βAR) activation, which increases the slow outward …

[HTML][HTML] A novel channelopathy in pulmonary arterial hypertension

…, M Humbert, JE Loyd, RS Kass… - … England Journal of …, 2013 - Mass Medical Soc
… all these missense mutations resulted in loss of function, and the reduction in the
potassium-channel current was remedied by the application of the phospholipase inhibitor ONO-RS-…

Variant of SCN5A sodium channel implicated in risk of cardiac arrhythmia

…, AH Beggs, FP Cappuccio, GA Sagnella, RS Kass… - Science, 2002 - science.org
Every year, ∼450,000 individuals in the United States die suddenly of cardiac arrhythmia.
We identified a variant of the cardiac sodium channel gene SCN5A that is associated with …

Role of calcium ions in transient inward currents and aftercontractions induced by strophanthidin in cardiac Purkinje fibres.

RS Kass, WJ Lederer, RW Tsien… - The Journal of …, 1978 - Wiley Online Library
1. Under the influence of strophantidin, Purkinje fibres exhibit transient inward current (TI)
which contributes to arrhythmogenic activity. Voltage‐clamp experiments were carried out to …

[HTML][HTML] Leaky Ca2+ release channel/ryanodine receptor 2 causes seizures and sudden cardiac death in mice

…, CW Ward, WJ Lederer, RS Kass… - The Journal of …, 2008 - Am Soc Clin Investig
… To test the hypothesis that the intrauterine death observed in Ryr2 RS/RS mice was due to
… in Ryr2 RS/RS mice, then S107 might prevent the excess Ryr2 RS/RS mortality observed at …

Voltage-dependent block of calcium channel current in the calf cardiac Purkinje fiber by dihydropyridine calcium channel antagonists.

MC Sanguinetti, RS Kass - Circulation research, 1984 - Am Heart Assoc
… PEG 400 has no effect on Ca channel current at a concentration 50 times higher than that
used in the present study (Kass, 1982). Nicardipine and verapamil were dissolved in distilled …

Mutation of an A-kinase-anchoring protein causes long-QT syndrome

…, KJ Sampson, MJ Ackerman, RS Kass - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - National Acad Sciences
A-kinase anchoring proteins (AKAPs) recruit signaling molecules and present them to
downstream targets to achieve efficient spatial and temporal control of their phosphorylation state. …

[HTML][HTML] Long QT syndrome: from channels to cardiac arrhythmias

AJ Moss, RS Kass - The Journal of clinical investigation, 2005 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Long QT syndrome, a rare genetic disorder associated with life-threatening arrhythmias, has
provided a wealth of information about fundamental mechanisms underlying human cardiac …