The cardiac vulnerable period and reentrant arrhythmias: Targets of anti- and proarrhythmic processes

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2 II, 1997, Pages 445-454

  Starmer, C Frank ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

antiarrhythmic; long QT syndrome; monomorphic; polymorphic; potassium channel; proarrhythmic; reentry; sodium channel; spiral waves vulnerability

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; HEART EXCITATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; LONG QT SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; QRS COMPLEX; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; LONG QT SYNDROME; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SODIUM CHANNELS; TACHYCARDIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031042788     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb06203.x     Document Type: Article

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