Severe and early alteration of action potential during acute cardiac rejection in rats

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1085-1093

  Babuty, Dominique ^a,b   Ojeda, Carlos ^c   Machet, Marie Christine ^a   Aupart, Michel ^a   Cosnay, Pierre ^a,b   Fauchier, Jean Paul ^a,b   Garnier, Didier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Action potential; Acute rejection; Adaptation; Frequency; Heart; Repolarization; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART GRAFT; HEART RATE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPOLARIZATION;

EID: 0031754665     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1998.tb00885.x     Document Type: Article

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