Table 2.
Characteristics of patients examined in the patch-clamp experiments.
| Patients n = 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Gender | male | 2 (33 %) |
| female | 4 (67 %) | |
| Age | ≤ 60 | 0 (0 %) |
| 61-75 | 6 (100 %) | |
| ≥ 76 | 0 (0 %) | |
| LV-function | normal | 5 (83 %) |
| moderate-to-serve dysfunction | 1 (17 %) | |
| Pharmacological | ACE-inhibitor | 4 (67 %) |
| treatment | ß-blocker | 3 (50 %) |
| Ca2+-antagonist | 1 (17 %) | |
| digitoxin | 0 (0 %) | |
| loop-diuretic | 3 (50 %) | |
| K+-sparing diuretic | 2 (33 %) | |
| thiazide-diuretic | 2 (33 %) | |
| statin | 3 (50 %) | |
| glyceryl trinitrate | 2 (33%) | |
| Cardiosurgical procedure | coronary artery bypass | 3 (50 %) |
| aortic valve replacement | 3 (50 %) | |
| thoracic ancurysm repair | 1 (17 %) |