Improvement of repolarization abnormalities by a K+ channel opener in the LQT1 form of congenital long-QT syndrome

Circulation

Volumn 97, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 1581-1588

  Shimizu, Wataru ^a,c   Kurita, Takashi ^a   Matsuo, Kiyotaka ^a   Suyama, Kazuhiro ^a   Aihara, Naohiko ^a   Kamakura, Shiro ^a   Towbin, Jeffrey A ^b   Shimomura, Katsuro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MASONIC MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potentials; Depolarizing; Long QT syndrome; Potassium; Receptors, adrenergic, beta

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; NICORANDIL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROPRANOLOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032574657     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.97.16.1581     Document Type: Article

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