Atrial stunning: Determinants and cellular mechanisms

American Heart Journal

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 787-794

  Khan, Ijaz A ^a,b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY CARDIAC CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE;

ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVERSION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOWN REGULATION; FIBROSIS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART DISEASE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MUSCLE CELL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS ARREST; SINUS RHYTHM; SODIUM CALCIUM EXCHANGE; TACHYCARDIA; UPREGULATION;

EID: 0038742681     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(03)00086-3     Document Type: Article

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