Reduced Ventricular Ejection

the ventricles begin to repolarize, which is marked by the beginning of the T wave on the ECG.

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Thick ascending limb is called the diluting segment because NaCl is reabsorbed but water is not reabsorbed along with it 

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The Cl – moves into the interstitium via ClC-Kb channels & Barttin, a protein in the cell membrane, is essential for normal ClC-Kb

function

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The thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle is the site of action of the powerful “loop” diuretics such as

Furosemide

Ethacrynic acid

Bumetanide 

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At physiologic pH, the loop diuretics are anions that attach to the Cl−-binding site of the Na+-K+-2Cl− cotransporter.

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The thick ascending limb has a sodium-hydrogen counter-transport

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In the thick segment of the ascending loop of Henle, paracellular reabsorption of cations, such as Mg++, Ca++, Na+, and K+ occur