Restitution, ventricular fibrillation, and drugs: Where are we now?

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 915-917

  Strauss, Harold C ^a,b   Rasmusson, Randall L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT;

ACTION POTENTIAL; GAP JUNCTION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036741237     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2002.00915.x     Document Type: Note

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