Publications by authors named "M Trac"

Background: Many respiratory tract infections are treated with macrolide antibiotics. Regulatory agencies warn that these antibiotics increase the risk of ventricular arrhythmia. We examined the 30-day risk of ventricular arrhythmia and all-cause mortality associated with macrolide antibiotics relative to nonmacrolide antibiotics.

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The activity of the cardiac Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger (NCX1.1) undergoes continuous modulation during the contraction-relaxation cycle because of the accompanying changes in the electrochemical gradients for Na(+) and Ca(2+). In addition, NCX1.

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Cytoplasmic Na+ and Ca2+ regulate the activity of Na+-Ca2+ exchange proteins, in addition to serving as the transported ions, and protein regions involved in these processes have been identified for the canine cardiac Na+-Ca2+ exchanger, NCX1.1. Although protein regions associated with Na+i- and Ca2+i-dependent regulation are highly conserved among cloned Na+-Ca2+ exchangers, it is unknown whether or not the structure-function relationships characteristic of NCX1.

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Cardiac muscle fails to relax upon replacement of extracellular Ca2+ with Ba2+. Among the manifold consequences of this intervention, one major possibility is that Na(+)-Ba2+ exchange is inadequate to support normal relaxation. This could occur due to reduced transport rates of Na(+)-Ba2+ exchange and/or by failure of Ba2+ to activate the exchanger molecule at the high affinity regulatory Ca2+ binding site.

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