Hysteresis Effect Implicates Calcium Cycling as a Mechanism of Repolarization Alternans

Circulation

Volumn 108, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 2704-2709

  Walker, Mariah L ^a   Wan, Xiaoping ^a   Kirsch, Glenn E ^a   Rosenbaum, David S ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Calcium; Electrophysiology

Indexed keywords

ESTER DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID TETRAKIS(ACETOXYMETHYL ESTER); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA PIG; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HYPOTHESIS; HYSTERESIS; ISOLATED HEART; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; REPOLARIZATION ALTERANS; T WAVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CELL SEPARATION; CHELATING AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EGTAZIC ACID; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; GUINEA PIGS; HEART; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0345707535     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000093276.10885.5B     Document Type: Article

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