Cellular mechanisms of atrial contractile dysfunction caused by sustained atrial tachycardia

Circulation

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 719-727

  Sun, Hui ^a   Gaspo, Rania ^a   Leblanc, Normand ^a,b   Nattel, Stanley ^a,c  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Calcium; Cardiomyopathy; Sarcoplasmic reticulum

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; STUNNED HEART MUSCLE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0032544203     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.98.7.719     Document Type: Article

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