Associate Professor Regis Lamberts

Ashley, Z., Futi, T., Van Hout, I., Coffey, S., Schwenke, D. O., Bahn, A., & Lamberts, R. R. (2022). Cardiac fibrosis in right atrial tissue is not different in male Pasifika and Pākehā cardiac surgery patients in Aotearoa. Pacific Journal of Medical Sciences, 22(2), 11-30.

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Aitken-Buck, H. M., Moore, M., Whalley, G. A., Lohner, L., Ondruschka, B., Coffey, S., … Lamberts, R. R. (2022). Estimating heart mass from heart volume as measured from post-mortem computed tomography. Forensic Science, Medicine & Pathology, 18, 333-342. doi: 10.1007/s12024-022-00478-1

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Waddell, H. M. M., Moore, M., Herbert-Olsen, M. A., Stiles, M. K., Tse, R. D., Coffey, S., Lamberts, R. R., & Aitken-Buck, H. M. (2022). Identifying sex differences in predictors of epicardial fat cell morphology. Adipocyte, 11(1), 325-334. doi: 10.1080/21623945.2022.2073854

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Gonano, L. A., Aitken-Buck, H. M., Chakraborty, A. D., Worthington, L. P. I., Cully, T. R., Lamberts, R. R., … Jones, P. P. (2022). Regulation of cardiac ryanodine receptor function by the cyclic-GMP dependent protein kinase G. Current Research in Physiology, 5, 171-178. doi: 10.1016/j.crphys.2022.03.004

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Satthenapalli, R., Lee, S., Bellae Papannarao, J., Hore, T. A., Chakraborty, A., Jones, P. P., Lamberts, R. R., & Katare, R. (2022). Stage-specific regulation of signalling pathways to differentiate pluripotent stem cells to cardiomyocytes with ventricular lineage. Stem Cell Research & Therapy, 13(1), 185. doi: 10.1186/s13287-022-02845-9

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Aitken-Buck, H. M., Krause, J., van Hout, I., Davis, P. J., Bunton, R. W., Parry, D. J., Williams, M. J. A., Coffey, S., … Jones, P. P., & Lamberts, R. R. (2021). Long-chain acylcarnitine 18:1 acutely increases human atrial myocardial contractility and arrhythmia susceptibility. American Journal of Physiology: Heart & Circulatory Physiology, 321, H162-H174. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00184.2021

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Sethi, S., Augustine, R. A., Bouwer, G. T., Perkinson, M. R., Cheong, I., Bussey, C. T., Schwenke, D. O., Brown, C. H., & Lamberts, R. R. (2021). Increased neuronal activation in sympathoregulatory regions of the brain and spinal cord in type 2 diabetic rats. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 33, e13016. doi: 10.1111/jne.13016

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Munro, M. L., van Hout, I., Aitken-Buck, H., Sugunesegran, R., Bhagwat, K., Davis, P. J., Lamberts, R. R., Coffey, S., … Jones, P. P. (2021). Human atrial fibrillation is not associated with remodeling of ryanodine receptor clusters. Frontiers in Cell & Developmental Biology, 9, 633704. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2021.633704

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Frisk, M., Le, C., Shen, X., Røe, Å., Hou, Y., Manfra, O., … van Hout, I., … Lamberts, R. R., … Coffey, S., … Jones, P. P., … Louch, W. E. (2021). Etiology-dependent impairment of diastolic cardiomyocyte calcium homeostasis in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. JACC, 77(4), 405-419. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.11.044

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Aitken-Buck, H. M., Babakr, A. A., Fomison-Nurse, I. C., van Hout, I., Davis, P. J., Bunton, R. W., Williams, M. J. A., Coffey, S., Jones, P. P., & Lamberts, R. R. (2020). Inotropic and lusitropic, but not arrhythmogenic, effects of adipocytokine resistin on human atrial myocardium. American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology & Metabolism, 319, E540-E547. doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.00202.2020

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Aitken-Buck, H. M., Krause, J., Zeller, T., Jones, P. P., & Lamberts, R. R. (2020). Long-chain acylcarnitines and cardiac excitation-contraction coupling: Links to arrhythmias. Frontiers in Physiology, 11, 577856. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2020.577856

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Babakr, A. A., Fomison-Nurse, I. C., van Hout, I., Aitken-Buck, H. M., Sugunesegran, R., Davis, P. J., Bunton, R. W., Williams, M. J. A., Coffey, S., Stiles, M. K., Jones, P. P., & Lamberts, R. R. (2020). Acute interaction between human epicardial adipose tissue and human atrial myocardium induce arrhythmic susceptibility. American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology & Metabolism, 318, E164-E172. doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.00374.2019

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Aitken-Buck, H. M., Babakr, A. A., Coffey, S., Jones, P. P., Tse, R. D., & Lamberts, R. R. (2019). Epicardial adipocyte size does not correlate with body mass index. Cardiovascular Pathology, 43, 107144. doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2019.07.003

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Aitken-Buck, H. M., Moharram, M., Babakr, A. A., Reijers, R., Van Hout, I., Fomison-Nurse, I. C., Sugunesegran, R., … Bunton, R. W., Williams, M. J. A., … Jones, P. P., Coffey, S., & Lamberts, R. R. (2019). Relationship between epicardial adipose tissue thickness and epicardial adipocyte size with increasing body mass index. Adipocyte, 8(1), 412-420. doi: 10.1080/21623945.2019.1701387

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Bussey, C. T., Babakr, A. A., Iremonger, R. R., van Hout, I., Wilkins, G. T., Lamberts, R. R., & Erickson, J. R. (2020). Carvedilol and metoprolol are both able to preserve myocardial function in type 2 diabetes. Physiological Reports, 8(5), e14394. doi: 10.14814/phy2.14394

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Moharram, M. A., Aitken-Buck, H. M., Reijers, R., van Hout, I., Williams, M. J. A., Jones, P. P., Whalley, G. A., Lamberts, R. R., & Coffey, S. (2020). Correlation between epicardial adipose tissue and body mass index in New Zealand ethnic populations. New Zealand Medical Journal, 133(1516), 22-32. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

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Loper, N., Garland, J., Ondruschka, B., Lamberts, R., Stables, S., & Tse, R. (2020). Ventricular weight increases proportionally with total heart weight in postmortem population. American Journal of Forensic Medicine & Pathology, 41(4), 259-262. doi: 10.1097/paf.0000000000000568

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Cook, R. F., Bussey, C. T., Fomison-Nurse, I. C., Hughes, G., Bahn, A., Cragg, P. A., & Lamberts, R. R. (2019). β₂-adrenoceptors indirectly support impaired β₁-adrenoceptor responsiveness in the isolated type 2 diabetic rat heart. Experimental Physiology, 104, 808-818. doi: 10.1113/EP087437

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Moharram, M. A., Lamberts, R. R., Whalley, G., Williams, M. J. A., & Coffey, S. (2019). Myocardial tissue characterisation using echocardiographic deformation imaging. Cardiovascular Ultrasound, 17, 27. doi: 10.1186/s12947-019-0176-9

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Wilson, G. A., Wilkins, G. T., Cotter, J. D., Lamberts, R. R., Lal, S., & Baldi, J. C. (2019). HIIT improves left ventricular exercise response in adults with type 2 diabetes. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 51(6), 1099-1105. doi: 10.1249/mss.0000000000001897

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Bussey, C. T., Thaung, H. P. A., Hughes, G., Bahn, A., & Lamberts, R. R. (2018). Cardiac β-adrenergic responsiveness of obese Zucker rats: The role of AMPK. Experimental Physiology, 103(8), 1067-1075. doi: 10.1113/ep087054

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Daniels, L. J., Wallace, R. S., Nicholson, O. M., Wilson, G. A., McDonald, F. J., Jones, P. P., Baldi, J. C., Lamberts, R. R., & Erickson, J. R. (2018). Inhibition of calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase II restores contraction and relaxation in isolated cardiac muscle from type 2 diabetic rats. Cardiovascular Diabetology, 17, 89. doi: 10.1186/s12933-018-0732-x

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Pearson, J. T., Collie, N., Lamberts, R. R., Inagaki, T., Yoshimoto, M., Umetani, K., … Wilkins, G., Jones, P. P., … Schwenke, D. O. (2018). Ghrelin preserves ischemia-induced vasodilation of male rat coronary vessels following beta-adrenergic receptor blockade. Endocrinology, 159(4), 1763-1773. doi: 10.1210/en.2017-03070

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Bussey, C. T., & Lamberts, R. R. (2017). Effect of type 2 diabetes, surgical incision, and volatile anesthesia on hemodynamics in the rat. Physiological Reports, 5(14), e13352. doi: 10.14814/phy2.13352

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Cook, R. F., Bussey, C. T., Mellor, K. M., Cragg, P. A., & Lamberts, R. R. (2017). β₁-Adrenoceptor, but not β₂-adrenoceptor, subtype regulates heart rate in type 2 diabetes rats in vivo. Experimental Physiology, 102(8), 911-923. doi: 10.1113/ep086293

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Aitken-Buck, H. M., & Lamberts, R. R. (2017). To the heart of activation heat. Journal of Physiology, 595(14), 4577-4578. doi: 10.1113/jp274582

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Wilson, G. A., Wilkins, G. T., Cotter, J. D., Lamberts, R. R., Lal, S., & Baldi, J. C. (2017). Impaired ventricular filling limits cardiac reserve during submaximal exercise in people with type 2 diabetes. Cardiovascular Diabetology, 16, 160. doi: 10.1186/s12933-017-0644-1

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Wilson, G. A., Wilson, L. C., Lamberts, R. R., Majeed, K., Lal, S., Wilkins, G. T., & Baldi, J. C. (2017). β-adrenergic responsiveness in the type 2 diabetic heart: Effects on cardiac reserve. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 49(5), 907-914. doi: 10.1249/mss.0000000000001184

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Satthenapalli, V. R., Lamberts, R. R., & Katare, R. G. (2017). Challenges in regenerating the diabetic heart: A comprehensive review. Stem Cells, 35(9), 2009-2026. doi: 10.1002/stem.2661

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Rawal, S., Munasinghe, E. P., Nagesh, P. T., Lew, J. K. S., Jones, G. T., Williams, M. J. A., Davis, P., Bunton, R. W., Galvin, I. F., Manning, P., Lamberts, R. R., & Katare, R. (2017). Downregulation of miR-15a/b accelerates fibrotic remodelling in the Type-2 diabetic human and mouse heart. Clinical Science, 131(9), 847-863. doi: 10.1042/cs20160916

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Baldi, J. C., Wilson, G. A., Wilson, L. C., Wilkins, G. T., & Lamberts, R. R. (2016). The type 2 diabetic heart: Its role in exercise intolerance and the challenge to find effective exercise interventions. Sports Medicine, 46, 1605-1617. doi: 10.1007/s40279-016-0542-9

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Munasinghe, P. E., Riu, F., Dixit, P., Edamatsu, M., Saxena, P., Hamer, N. S. J., Galvin, I. F., Bunton, R. W., Lequeux, S., Jones, G., Lamberts, R. R., … Katare, R. (2016). Type-2 diabetes increases autophagy in the human heart through promotion of Beclin-1 mediated pathway. International Journal of Cardiology, 202, 13-20. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.08.111

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Thaung, H. P. A., Baldi, J. C., Wang, H.-Y., Hughes, G., Cook, R. F., Bussey, C. T., Sheard, P. W., Bahn, A., Jones, P. P., Schwenke, D. O., & Lamberts, R. R. (2015). Increased efferent cardiac sympathetic nerve activity and defective intrinsic heart rate regulation in type 2 diabetes. Diabetes, 64(8), 2944-2956. doi: 10.2337/db14-0955

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Bussey, C. T., Hughes, G., Saxena, P., Galvin, I. F., Bunton, R. W., Noye, M. K., Coffey, S., Williams, M. J. A., Baldi, J. C., Jones, P. P., & Lamberts, R. R. (2015). Chamber-specific changes in calcium-handling proteins in the type 2 diabetic human heart with preserved ejection fraction. International Journal of Cardiology, 193, 53-55. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.05.053

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Thaung, H. P. A., Yao, Y., Bussey, C. T., Hughes, G., Jones, P. P., Bahn, A., Sammut, I. A., & Lamberts, R. R. (2015). Chronic bilateral renal denervation reduces cardiac hypertrophic remodelling but not β-adrenergic responsiveness in hypertensive type 1 diabetic rats. Experimental Physiology, 100(6), 628-639. doi: 10.1113/EP085021

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Daniels, L., Bell, J. R., Delbridge, L. M. D., McDonald, F. J., Lamberts, R. R., & Erickson, J. R. (2015). The role of CaMKII in diabetic heart dysfunction. Heart Failure Reviews, 20(5), 589-600. doi: 10.1007/s10741-015-9498-3

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Green, S., Egaña, M., Baldi, J. C., Lamberts, R., & Regensteiner, J. G. (2015). Cardiovascular control during exercise in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Journal of Diabetes Research, 2015, 654204. doi: 10.1155/2015/654204

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Jahn, N., Lamberts, R. R., Busch, C. J., Voelker, M. T., Koel-Simmelink, M. J. A., Teunissen, C. E., … Weimann, J. (2015). Inhaled carbon monoxide protects time-dependently from loss of hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction in endotoxemic mice. Respiratory Research, 16, 119. doi: 10.1186/s12931-015-0274-7

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Munasinghe, P. E., Riu, F., Dixit, P., Edamatsu, M., Saxena, P., Hamer, N. S. J., Galvin, I. F., Bunton, R. W., Lequeux, S., Jones, G., Lamberts, R., … Katare, R. (2015). Data supporting the activation of autophagy genes in the diabetic heart [Data article]. Data in Brief, 5, 269-275. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2015.09.003

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Lamberts, R. R., Lingam, S. J., Wang, H.-Y., Bollen, I. A. E., Hughes, G., Galvin, I. F., Bunton, R. W., Bahn, A., Katare, R., Baldi, J. C., Williams, M. J. A., Saxena, P., Coffey, S., & Jones, P. P. (2014). Impaired relaxation despite upregulated calcium-handling protein atrial myocardium from type 2 diabetic patients with preserved ejection fraction. Cardiovascular Diabetology, 13, 72. doi: 10.1186/1475-2840-13-72

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Bussey, C. T., de Leeuw, A. E., & Lamberts, R. R. (2014). Increased haemodynamic adrenergic load with isoflurane anaesthesia in type 2 diabetic and obese rats in vivo. Cardiovascular Diabetology, 13, 161. doi: 10.1186/s12933-014-0161-4

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Bussey, C. T., de Leeuw, A. E., Cook, R. F., Ashley, Z., Schofield, J., & Lamberts, R. R. (2014). Dual implantation of a radio-telemeter and vascular access port allows repeated hemodynamic and pharmacological measures in conscious lean and obese rats. Laboratory Animals, 48(3), 250-260. doi: 10.1177/0023677214530687

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Smeding, L., van der Laarse, W. J., van Veelen, T. A., Lamberts, R. R., Niessen, H. W. M., Kneyber, M. C. J., … Plötz, F. B. (2012). Early myocardial dysfunction is not caused by mitochondrial abnormalities in a rat model of peritonitis. Journal of Surgical Research, 176(1), 178-184. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2011.05.055

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Smeding, L., Plötz, F. B., Lamberts, R. R., van der Laarse, W. J., Kneyber, M. C. J., & Groeneveld, A. B. J. (2012). Mechanical ventilation with high tidal volumes attenuates myocardial dysfunction by decreasing cardiac edema in a rat model of LPS-induced peritonitis. Respiratory Research, 13, 23. doi: 10.1186/1465-9921-13-23

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de Mooji, Y. M., Bartelings, M. M., Twisk, J. W. R., Lamberts, R. R., Gittenberger-de Groot, A. C., van Vugt, J. M. G., & Bekker, M. N. (2010). Altered jugular vein and ductus venosus flow velocities in fetuses with increased nuchal translucency and distended jugular lymphatic sacs. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 202(6), e566.1-e566.8. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.01.054

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Bouwman, R. A., Vreden, M. J. A., Hamdani, N., Wassenaar, L. E. J., Smeding, L., Loer, S., … Lamberts, R. R. (2010). Effect of bupivacaine on sevoflurane-induced preconditioning in isolated rat hearts. European Journal of Pharmacology, 647(1-3), 132-138. doi: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2010.08.014

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Lamberts, R. R., Onderwater, G., Hamdani, N., Vreden, M. J. A., Steenhuisen, J., Eringa, E. C., … Bouwman, R. A. (2009). Reactive oxygen species—induced stimulation of 5'AMP-activated protein kinase mediates sevoflurane-induced cardioprotection. Circulation, 120(Suppl. 1), S10-S15. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.828426

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Lamberts, R. R., Caldenhoven, E., Lansink, M., Witte, G., Vaessen, R. J., St Cyr, J. A., & Stienen, G. J. M. (2007). Preservation of diastolic function in monocrotaline-induced right ventricular hypertrophy in rats. American Journal of Physiology: Heart & Circulatory Physiology, 293(4), H1869-H1876. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00294.2007

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Lamberts, R. R., Hamdani, N., Soekhoe, T. W., Boontje, N. M., Zaremba, R., Walker, L. A., … Stienen, G. J. M. (2007). Frequency-dependent myofilament Ca²⁺ desensitization in failing rat myocardium. Journal of Physiology, 582(2), 695-709. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.134486

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Lamberts, R. R., Vaessen, R. J., Westerhof, N., & Stienen, G. J. M. (2007). Right ventricular hypertrophy causes impairment of left ventricular diastolic function in the rat. Basic Research in Cardiology, 102(1), 19-27. doi: 10.1007/s00395-006-0620-5

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Handoko, M. L., Lamberts, R. R., Redout, E. M., de Man, F. S., Boer, C., Simonides, W. S., … Vonk-Noordegraaf, A. (2009). Right ventricular pacing improves right heart function in experimental pulmonary arterial hypertension: A study in the isolated heart. American Journal of Physiology: Heart & Circulatory Physiology, 297(5), H1752-H1759. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00555.2009

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Hamdani, N., de Waard, M., Messer, A. E., Boontje, N. M., Kooij, V., van Dijk, S., … Lamberts, R., … van der Velden, J. (2009). Myofilament dysfunction in cardiac disease from mice to men. Journal of Muscle Research & Cell Motility, 29(6-8), 189-201. doi: 10.1007/s10974-008-9160-y

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Bouwman, R. A., Musters, R. J. P., van Beek-Harmsen, B. J., de Lange, J. J., Lamberts, R. R., Loer, S., & Boer, C. (2007). Sevoflurane-induced cardioprotection depends on PKC-α activation via production of reactive oxygen species. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 99(5), 639-645. doi: 10.1093/bja/aem202

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van der Velden, J., Narolska, N. A., Lamberts, R. R., Boontje, N. M., Borbély, A., Zaremba, R., … Stienen, G. J. M. (2006). Functional effects of protein kinase C-mediated myofilament phosphorylation in human myocardium. Cardiovascular Research, 69, 876-887. doi: 10.1016/j.cardiores.2005.11.021

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Westerhof, N., Boer, C., Lamberts, R. R., & Sipkema, P. (2006). Cross-talk between cardiac muscle and coronary vasculature. Physiological Reviews, 86(4), 1268-1308. doi: 10.1152/physrev.00029.2005

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