Inducible polymorphic ventricular tachyarrhythmias in a transgenic mouse model with a long Q-T phenotype

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 278, Issue 6 47-6, 2000, Pages

  Jeron, Andreas ^a,c   Mitchell, Gary F ^a   Zhou, Jun ^a   Murata, Mitsunobu ^a   London, Barry ^b   Buckett, Peter ^a   Wiviott, Stephen D ^a   Koren, Gideon ^a,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Long Q T syndrome; Programmed stimulation; Q T interval; Transgenic mice; Ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0033948513     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2000.278.6.h1891     Document Type: Article

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