Cellular electrophysiologic properties of old canine atria provide a substrate for arrhythmogenesis

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 462-469

  Anyukhovsky, Evgeny P ^a   Sosunov, Eugene A ^a   Plotnikov, Alexei ^a   Gainullin, Ravil Z ^a   Jhang, Jeffrey S ^a   Marboe, Charles C ^a   Rosen, Michael R ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Arrhythmia (mechanisms); Atrial function; Connective tissue; Membrane potential

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIHYDRO 2,6 DIMETHYL 5 NITRO 4 [2 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL] 3 PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; NISOLDIPINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

3-PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID, 1,4-DIHYDRO-2,6-DIMETHYL-5-NITRO-4-(2-(TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL)-, METHYL ESTER; ACTION POTENTIALS; AGING; ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CALCIUM CHANNEL AGONISTS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; DOGS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HEART ATRIA; MICROELECTRODES; NISOLDIPINE;

EID: 0036213905     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(02)00271-7     Document Type: Article

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