Ionic remodeling underlying action potential changes in a canine model of atrial fibrillation

Circulation Research

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 512-525

  Yue, Lixia ^c   Feng, Jianlin ^a   Gaspo, Rania ^a   Li, Gui Rong ^a,b   Wang, Zhiguo ^a,b   Nattel, Stanley ^a,b,c  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Action potential; Ca2+ channel; Cardiac arrhythmia; Cardiac ionic current; K+ channel

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; NIFEDIPINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHLORIDE CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; TACHYCARDIA; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0030765569     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.81.4.512     Document Type: Article

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