Regional differences in transient outward current density and inhomogeneities of repolarization in rabbit right atrium

Circulation

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 1995, Pages 3061-3069

  Yamashita, Takeshi ^a,c   Nakajima, Toshiaki ^a   Hazama, Hisanori ^a   Hamada, Eiji ^a   Murakawa, Yuji ^a   Sawada, Kouhei ^b   Omata, Masao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b EISAI CO LTD   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

action potentials; arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA;

EID: 0028832197     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.92.10.3061     Document Type: Article

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