Cellular arrhythmogenic effects of congenital and acquired long-QT syndrome in the heterogeneous myocardium

Circulation

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1192-1198

  Viswanathan, Prakash C ^a   Rudy, Yoram ^a,b,c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potentials; Arrhythmia; Cells; Long QT syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; LONG QT SYNDROME; MODEL; MUTATION; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SODIUM CURRENT;

EID: 0034646287     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.101.10.1192     Document Type: Article

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