Blockade of the inward rectifying potassium current terminates ventricular fibrillation in the guinea pig heart

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 621-631

  Warren, Mark ^a   Guha, Prabal K ^a   Berenfeld, Omer ^a   Zaitsev, Alexey ^a   Anumonwo, Justus M B ^a   Dhamoon, Amit S ^a   Bagwe, Suveer ^a   Taffet, Steven 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

Fibrillatory conduction; Kir2.1; Kir2.3; Optical mapping; Rotors; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; GUINEA PIG; HEART; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; ISOLATED HEART; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; POTENTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; GUINEA PIGS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0038343402     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2003.03006.x     Document Type: Article

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