Ultrarapid delayed rectifier current inactivation in human atrial myocytes: Properties and consequences

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 275, Issue 5 44-5, 1998, Pages

  Feng, Jianlin ^a   Xu, Donghui ^a   Wang, Zhiguo ^a,b   Nattel, Stanley ^a,b,c  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Action potentials; Antiarrhythmic drugs; Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac electrophysiology; Potassium channels

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOW INWARD CURRENT; XENOPUS;

EID: 0031756833     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1998.275.5.h1717     Document Type: Article

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