Basic mechanisms of atrial fibrillation - Very new insights into very old ideas

Annual Review of Physiology

Volumn 62, Issue , 2000, Pages 51-77

  Nattel, S ^a   Li, D ^a   Yue, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Action potential; Antiarrhythmic drugs; Cardiac arrhythmias; Ion channels; Molecular biology; Reentry; Remodeling

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 0033859581     PISSN: 00664278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.physiol.62.1.51     Document Type: Review

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