Transmural electrophysiological heterogeneities underlying arrhythmogenesis in heart failure

Circulation Research

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 638-645

  Akar, Fadi G ^a   Rosenbaum, David S ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potentials; Arrhythmias; Heart failure; Long QT syndrome; Repolarization

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HEART PACING; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HYPOTHESIS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; ANIMAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART; IN VITRO STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA; DOGS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; MALE;

EID: 0141707855     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.0000092248.59479.AE     Document Type: Article

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