Figure 7.
Whole-cell late Na+ currents (INa,L) recording. (A) Scattered graphs of mean INa,L. The graph shows the comparisons of the current density among four groups and between the ischemia–reperfusion (IR) and non-IR zones. Orange dots and numbers indicated the mean values. Student’s t-test for comparisons between the IR and non-IR zones and one-way repeated measures analysis of variance with post hoc least significant difference analysis for comparisons among the four groups. The db/db cardiomyocytes expressed a greater INa,L density than the db/+ cells. Ranolazine therapy significantly decreased the density of INa,L in both db/db mice and db/+ mice. (B) Representative INa,L traces of the cardiomyocytes among the four groups.