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One involved a double‐tracer technique, using <jats:sup>24</jats:sup>Na to indicate the release of the exchangeable tissue sodium, and <jats:sup>35</jats:sup>SO<jats:sub>4</jats:sub> to indicate, approximately, the release of extra‐myocardial sodium. In the other a comparison was made of the sodium release from the tissue when it contained sodium either at the normal concentration or at a concentration enhanced by exchange with intracellular potassium.</jats:p><jats:p>4. The magnitude of the sodium efflux from heart fibres as measured by both methods was of the order 50‐100 p‐mole/cm<jats:sup>2</jats:sup> sec. Simultaneously with this cellular efflux a substantial amount of sodium was released from extra‐myocardial spaces and tissues.</jats:p><jats:p>5. The net efflux of potassium ions from heart cells that occurred when heart ventricles were perfused with potassium‐depleted fluids was determined. The results were used to obtain an indirect estimate, of about 2‐3 p‐mole/cm<jats:sup>2</jats:sup> sec, for the resting sodium influx.</jats:p><jats:p>6. 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