Intrinsic heterogeneity in repolarization is increased in isolated failing rabbit cardiomyocytes during simulated ischemia

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 705-714

  De Groot, Joris R ^a   Schumacher, Cees A ^a   Verkerk, Arie O ^a   Baartscheer, Antonius ^a   Fiolet, Jan W T ^a   Coronel, Ruben ^a,b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia (mechanisms); Gap junctions; Heart failure; Hypertrophy; Ischemia

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE EXCITABILITY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART REPOLARIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; RABBITS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 1642360139     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00460-7     Document Type: Article

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