Differential electrophysiology of repolarisation from clone to clinic

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 503-517

  Coronel, Ruben ^a   Opthof, Tobias ^a   Taggart, Peter ^b   Tytgat, Jan ^c   Veldkamp, Marieke ^d  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal models; Autonomic nervous system; Catecholamines; Channels; Clones; Currents; Electrotonic interaction; Heart; Ischemia; Patients; Refractoriness; Repolarisation; Species differences

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ANIMAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CLONE CELLS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RESEARCH;

EID: 0031043338     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(96)00271-4     Document Type: Review

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