Enhanced dispersion of repolarization and refractoriness in transgenic mouse hearts promotes reentrant ventricular tachycardia

Circulation Research

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 396-407

  Baker, Linda C ^a   London, Barry ^b   Choi, Bum Rak ^c   Koren, Gideon ^d   Salama, Guy ^c  

^a PA 15213   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potential; Arrhythmia; di 4 ANEPPS; Mapping; Mice; Sudden death; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; KINETICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0034599079     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.86.4.396     Document Type: Article

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