Characteristics of transient outward K+ current in human atrial cardiomyocytes

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 481-485

  Xu, Wen Hong ^a   Li, Wan ^a   Yue, Hong Wen ^b   Wang, Xiao Liang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

4 aminopyridine; Heart atrium; Myocardium; Patch clamp techniques; Potassium channels

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; CADMIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MYOCARDIUM; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 0031715812     PISSN: 02539756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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