Cellular and pathophysiological mechanisms of ventricular arrhythmias in acute ischemia and infarction

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4 I, 1997, Pages 966-975

  Ehlert, Frederick A ^b,c   Goldberger, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Section of Cardiology St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center Columbia Univ Coll Phys Surgs ^*  (United States)

^c ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0030981414     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb05501.x     Document Type: Review

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