514 - PHOSPHORYLATION OF CONNEXIN 43 BY AMP ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE (AMPK): IMPLICATIONS FOR STRESS ACTIVATED ARRHYTHMIA FORMATION
JB Iden, JB Dyck, KM Kavanagh
Edmonton, Alberta

515 - HEART BLOCK IN MICE OVEREXPRESSING CALCINEURIN BUT NOT NF-AT3
AM Gillis, KM Kavanagh, HJ Mathison, S Zhan, HJ Duff
Calgary, Alberta

516 - ISOLATION, IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A NEW TYPE OF POTASSIUM CHANNELS
R Moudgil, S Bonnet, XC Wu, JR Dyck, M Husain, ED Michelakis, SL Archer
Edmonton, Alberta; Toronto, Ontario

517 - ASSESSMENT OF GENDER DIFFERENCES UNDER CONDITIONS OF CONCOMITANT BLOCK OF THE RAPID (I_Kr) AND SLOW (I_Ks) COMPONENTS OF THE DELAYED RECTIFIER POTASSIUM CURRENT IN GUINEA PIGS
R Hreiche, P Morissette, J Turgeon
Montreal, Quebec

518 - ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THREE MUTATIONS FOUND IN THE GENE KV1.5> IN PATIENTS WITH FAMILIAL, IDIOPATHIC OR POST-SURGERY ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
I Plante, D Fournier, C Guillemette, G O’Hara, J Champagne, P Mathieu, R Baillot, P Daleau
Sainte-Foy, Quebec

519 - GENDER-RELATED DIFFERENCES IN DRUG-INDUCED LONG QT SYNDROME: MODULATORY ROLE OF ABC TRANSPORTERS
P Morissette, R Hreiche, J Turgeon
Montreal, Quebec

520 - ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC ABNORMALITIES PROVOKED BY a₁ STIMULATION IN A MOUSE MODEL OF LONG QT SYNDROME SECONDARY TO KNOCK OUT OF THE ERG1 B K+ CHANNEL
AM Gillis, JP Lees-Miller, W Son, HJ Mathison, S Zhan, HJ Duff
Calgary, Alberta

521 - ANTIARRHYTHMIC PROPERTIES OF N-3 POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS IN A DOG MODEL OF VAGALLY-MEDIATED ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
JF Sarrazin, J Kingma, P Daleau, I Plante, F Molin
Quebec, Quebec

522 - ABSENCE OF MYOCARDIAL AMPK ACTIVITY IN TRANSGENIC MICE AND DECREASED MYOCARDIAL GLUCOSE UPTAKE IN AFFECTED PATIENTS INDICATES LOSS OF FUNCTION OF AMPK IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FAMILIAL WPW SYNDROME
MH Gollob, R Beanlands, A Tang, M Green, J Sidhu, AJ Marian, D Khoury, D Carling, R DeKemp, J DaSilva, R Roberts
Ottawa, Ontario; Houston, Texas, USA; London, United Kingdom