Cardiac alternans: Mechanisms and pathophysiological significance

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 583-590

  Euler, David E ^a  

^a Angeion Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART BEAT; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; HEART PRELOAD; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0033034735     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00011-5     Document Type: Review

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