Cellular basis for dispersion of repolarization underlying reentrant arrhythmias

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 33, Issue , 2000, Pages 23-31

  Akar, Fadi G ^a   Laurita, Kenneth R ^a   Rosenbaum, David S ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical Mapping; Reentry dispersion of repolarization; Torsade de Pointes

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL ADHESION; CELL ISOLATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GUINEA PIG; HEART REPOLARIZATION; ISOLATED HEART; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; TORSADE DES POINTES;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA; COLORING AGENTS; DOGS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GUINEA PIGS; HEART; ION CHANNELS; KINETICS; MYOCARDIUM; OPTICS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 0034473170     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jelc.2000.20313     Document Type: Article

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