Progress in the understanding of cardiac early afterdepolarizations and torsades de pointes: Time to revise current concepts

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 376-392

  Volders, Paul G A ^a   Vos, Marc A ^a   Szabo, Bela ^b   Sipido, Karin R ^c   De Groot, S H Marieke ^a   Gorgels, Anton P M ^a   Wellens, Hein J J ^a   Lazzara, Ralph ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia (mechanisms); Calcium (cellular); Impulse formation; Long QT syndrome; Membrane potential; SR (function)

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIHYDRO 2,6 DIMETHYL 5 NITRO 4 [2 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL] 3 PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; ADRENALIN; ALMOKALANT; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; CLOFILIUM; DIGOXIN; DISOPYRAMIDE; FLUNARIZINE; IBUTILIDE; ISOPRENALINE; METHOXAMINE; NISOLDIPINE; NORADRENALIN; OUABAIN; QUINIDINE; RYANODINE RECEPTOR;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; ION CURRENT; LONG QT SYNDROME; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SODIUM CALCIUM EXCHANGE; TORSADE DES POINTES;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CYTOPLASM; HEART; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; TORSADES DE POINTES;

EID: 0034077362     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(00)00022-5     Document Type: Review

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