Ionic targets for drug therapy and atrial fibrillation-induced electrical remodeling: Insights from a mathematical model

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 477-489

  Courtemanche, Marc ^a,b   Ramirez, Rafael J ^a   Nattel, Stanley ^a,b,c  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia mechanisms; Atrial fibrillation; Cellular; Computer modeling; Electrophysiology; Experimental; Heart; Human; Membrane currents

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CHANNEL GATING; COMPUTER MODEL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; ION CURRENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE CURRENT; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CALCIUM CHANNELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; ION TRANSPORT; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 0032982033     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00034-6     Document Type: Article

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