Ion channels and ventricular arrhythmias: Cellular and ionic mechanisms underlying the Brugada syndrome

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 274-279

  Antzelevitch, Charles ^a  

^a MASONIC MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ASIAN; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUDDEN DEATH;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; SODIUM CHANNELS; SYNDROME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0032946601     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001573-199905000-00013     Document Type: Review

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