How do cardiac cells sustain a membrane potential of around 0 mV during the long plateau phase?
A) Calcium channels remain open.
B) decrease in the amount of calcium diffusing across the membrane
C) increased membrane permeability to potassium ions
D) increased membrane permeability to sodium ions
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