Cellular basis for the electrocardiographic J wave

Circulation

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 372-379

  Yan, Gan Xin ^a   Antzelevitch, Charles ^a  

^a MASONIC MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

action potentials; arrhythmia; electrocardiography; electrophysiology; reentry

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; HEART PERFUSION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE;

EID: 0030031795     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.93.2.372     Document Type: Article

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