Hello everyone, Can anyone help me with this It is known that due to hypokalemia there is a intracellular shift of H+ in order to maintain electrical neutrality. (Hypokalemia makes the cell membrane...
Hello everyone! Could anyone possibly help me to understand the mechanism of the effect of hypercalcemia on the heart rate? I know that normally excess in extracellular Ca++ has a ''sedative effect''...
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Hello Esme12, Thank you very much for your reply! Well I think in the heart muscle the main depolarizing current is created by the Ca++ ions. Because the heart muscle fibers are organized in...