Ion channels, the QT interval, and arrhythmias

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 8 II, 1997, Pages 2048-2051

  Wilde, Arthur A M ^a,b,c   Veldkamp, Marieke W ^b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Cardiac memory; Ion channels; Long QT syndrome; QT interval

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; QT INTERVAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ARRHYTHMIA; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MYOCARDIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RISK FACTORS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030737951     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb03625.x     Document Type: Article

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