Anisotropic conduction prolongs ventricular repolarization and increases its spatial gradient in the intact canine heart

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 287-294

  Furukawa, Yoshiko ^a   Miyazaki, Toshihisa ^a   Miyoshi, Shunichiro ^a   Moritani, Kazunori ^a   Ogawa, Satoshi ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Electrotonic interaction; Repolarization; Spatial gradient

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART REPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; QT INTERVAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; DOGS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES;

EID: 0034036455     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.64.287     Document Type: Article

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