Rectification of the background potassium current: A determinant of rotor dynamics in ventricular fibrillation

Circulation Research

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1216-1223

  Samie, Faramarz H ^a   Berenfeld, Omer ^a   Anumonwo, Justus ^a   Mironov, Sergey F ^a   Udassi, Sharda ^a   Beaumont, Jacques ^a   Taffet, Steven ^a   Pertsov, Arkady M ^a   Jalife, José ^a,b  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

IK1; Inwardly rectifying potassium channels; Optical mapping; Rotors; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM ION;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA PIG; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; POTENTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; SUDDEN DEATH; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0035824919     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hh2401.100818     Document Type: Article

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