Characterization of a [Ca2+]-dependent current in human atrial and ventricular cardiomyocytes in the absence of Na+ and K+

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 175-187

  Köster, Olaf F ^a   Szigeti, Gyula P ^a   Beuckelmann, Dirk J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia (mechanisms); Calcium (cellular); Human; Ion channels; Membrane currents; Membrane permeability

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CALCIUM; CESIUM ION; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; CHLORIDE ION; EGTAZIC ACID; FURA 2; LITHIUM ION; MEGLUMINE; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CHELATING AGENT;

ADULT; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM CALCIUM EXCHANGE; CELL SEPARATION; DRUG EFFECT; HEART ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH CLAMP; STIMULATION;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CELL SEPARATION; CHELATING AGENTS; EGTAZIC ACID; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0032588264     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(98)00202-8     Document Type: Article

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