Figure 8.
The effect of suppression of diastolic depolarization (DD) currents [Na+/Ca2+ exchanger (NCX) and If] on short time cycle length (CL) variability. When 1 µM ORM-10962 panel (A) or 3 µM ivabradine (IVA) panel (B) were applied, the variability did not change significantly. Instead, the CL was prolonged. Comparison of the effect of 1 µM ORM-10962 (ORM) (red line), 5 µM ryanodine (RYA) (blue line), and 5 µM RYA + 1 µM ORM (green line) on the CL variability shows that these compound do not change the variability significantly panel (D). In contrast IVA administration after the application of RYA+ORM caused considerably increased variability panel (E) as the Poincaré-plot (panel C, blue line) shows.