Cardiac memory: A mechanical and electrical phenomenon

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 4 41-4, 1997, Pages

  Alessandrini, Renato S ^a   McPherson, David D ^a   Kadish, Alan H ^a   Kane, Bonnie J ^a   Goldberger, Jeffrey J ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

isovolumic relaxation time; left ventricular filling; pacemaker; Q T interval; T wave

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; T WAVE;

EID: 0030962653     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.272.4.h1952     Document Type: Article

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