Tissue magnesium levels and the arrhythmic substrate in humans

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 980-986

  Haigney, Mark C P ^a,b,d   Berger, Ronald ^b   Schulman, Steven ^b   Gerstenblith, Gary ^b   Tunin, Carol ^b   Silver, Burton ^c   Silverman, Howard S ^b   Tomaselli, Gordon ^b   Calkins, Hugh ^b  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c Intracellular Diagnostics Inc   (United States)

^d UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Magnesium; QT interval; Reentry

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM ION;

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CELL LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 0030931694     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1997.tb00620.x     Document Type: Article

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