Effects of I(Kr) and I(Ks) heterogeneity on action potential duration and its rate dependence: A simulation study

Circulation

Volumn 99, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 2466-2474

  Viswanathan, Prakash C ^a   Shaw, Robin M ^b   Rudy, Yoram ^a,b,c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potentials; Arrhythmia; Calcium channels; Conduction; Potassium

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADAPTATION; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART REPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SODIUM CURRENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL JUNCTION; CHANNEL GATING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; ION TRANSPORT; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ARRHYTHMIA; CALCIUM SIGNALING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEART; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION TRANSPORT; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOCARDIUM; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SODIUM;

EID: 0033545725     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.99.18.2466     Document Type: Article

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