Cytosolic Ca2+ triggers early afterdepolarizations and Torsade de Pointes in rabbit hearts with type 2 long QT syndrome

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 543, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 615-631

  Choi, Bum Rak ^a   Burton, Francis ^a   Salama, Guy ^a  

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1 [2 (6 METHYL 2 PYRIDYL)ETHYL] 4 (4 METHYLSULFONYLAMINOBENZOYL)PIPERIDINE; CALCIUM ION; FLUORESCENT DYE; MAGNESIUM ION; POTASSIUM ION; RHODAMINE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOSURGERY; CYTOSOL; DIODE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART PERFUSION; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; LONG QT SYNDROME; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE FIBER; RABBIT; STAINING; TORSADE DES POINTES; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CRYOABLATION; EARLY AFTERDEPOLARIZATION; FIRING RATE; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; LONG QT SYNDROME 2; NEW ZEALAND WHITE (RABBIT); POLARIZATION AND DEPOLARIZATION; SPIKE; ANIMAL; ARTIFACT; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; DRUG EFFECT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INSTRUMENTATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ARTIFACTS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CRYOSURGERY; CYTOSOL; FEMALE; KINETICS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MAGNESIUM; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOVEMENT; PIPERIDINES; POTASSIUM; PYRIDINES; RABBITS; TORSADES DE POINTES;

EID: 0036707486     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2002.024570     Document Type: Article

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