Myocardial architecture and ventricular arrhythmogenesis

Circulation

Volumn 97, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 1746-1754

  Peters, Nicholas S ^a,b   Wit, Andrew L ^a,b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Conduction; Myocardium

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; CYTOARCHITECTURE; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; GAP JUNCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0032485875     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.97.17.1746     Document Type: Review

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