Department of Internal Medicine

Division of Cardiology

Michael F. Sheets, M.D.

Professor of Medicine

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Email:

(801) 581-8183
(801) 581-7735
michael@cvrti.utah.edu

Office Address:

The Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute
95 South 2000 East
Salt Lake City, UT 84112

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Education and Training:

Medical School: University of Iowa
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
Fellowship:  University of Chicago

Clinical Specialties:

  • Cardiology

Research Interests:

  • Cardiac Voltage-Gated Ion Channels

Recent Publications:

  • Sheets MF, Kyle JW and Hanck DA. The Role of the Putative Inactivation Lid in Sodium Channel Gating Current Immobilization. J. Gen. Physiol., 115:609-620, 2000
  • Sheets MF, and Hanck DA. The Outermost Lysine in the S4 of Domain III Contributes Little to the Gating Charge in Sodium Channels. Biophys Jm 82:3048-3055, 2002
  • Chen TH, Sheets MF. Enhancement of Closed-State Inactivation in the Long QT Syndrome Sodium Channel Mutation KPQ. Amer J Physiol, 283:H966-H975, 2002
  • Sheets MF, Hanck DA. Molecular Action of Lidocaine on the Voltage Sensors of Sodium Channels. J. Gen. Physiol. 121:163-175, 2003
  • Zhi Su Z, Sheets MF, Li F, Ishida H, Barry WH. Saxitoxin Blocks L-type Calcium Channel Currents, J Pharmacol Exp Ther, 308: 324-329, 2004 

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