Human ventricular action potential duration during short and long cycles: Rapid modulation by ischemia

Circulation

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2526-2534

  Taggart, Peter ^a,b   Sutton, Peter M I ^a,b   Boyett, Mark R ^c   Lab, Max ^d   Swanton, Howard ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

action potentials; electrophysiology; endocardium; ischemia

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0029846812     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.94.10.2526     Document Type: Article

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