Properties of human atrial I(Ca) at physiological temperatures and relevance to action potential

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 1 41-1, 1997, Pages

  Li, Gui Rong ^b   Nattel, Stanley ^a  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

cardiac arrhythmias; electrophysiology; human atrial cells; ion channels; whole cell patch clamp

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; ISOPRENALINE;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0031022316     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.272.1.h227     Document Type: Article

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