8^th Global Cardiologists and Echocardiography Annual Meeting

Biography

Irena Levitan, PhD, is Professor of Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology and Bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her current research focuses on cholesterol regulation of ion channels and cellular biomechanics. She published more than 70 papers and book chapters and is a recipient of Guyton Distinguished Lecturer award for quantitative and biophysical work on cholesterol modulation of ion channels and how this can affect integrated organ function from the Association of Chairs of Departments of Physiology. She also edited two books "Cholesterol Regulation of Ion Channels and Receptors" (Wiley,2012) ands “Vascular Ion Channels” (Springer,2016).

Abstract

Abstract : Impact of hypercholesterolemia on cardiac K+ channels