Electrical heterogeneity, cardiac arrhythmias, and the sodium channel

Circulation Research

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 964-965

  Antzelevitch, Charles ^a  

^a MASONIC MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrhythmias; Heterogeneity; Sodium channels

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART REPOLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SODIUM CURRENT;

EID: 0034711487     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.87.11.964     Document Type: Review

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