Cellular basis for the normal T wave and the electrocardiographic manifestations of the long-QT syndrome

Circulation

Volumn 98, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 1928-1936

  Yan, Gan Xin ^a   Antzelevitch, Charles ^a  

^a MASONIC MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potentials; Cells; Electrocardiography; Electrophysiology; Long QT syndrome; Waves

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; LONG QT SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE FIBER; T WAVE;

EID: 0032480801     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.98.18.1928     Document Type: Article

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