Epicardial Activation of Left Ventricular Wall Prolongs QT Interval and Transmural Dispersion of Repolarization: Implications for Biventricular Pacing

Circulation

Volumn 109, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 2136-2142

  Fish, Jeffrey M ^a   Di Diego, José M ^a   Nesterenko, Vladislav ^a   Antzelevitch, Charles ^a  

^a MASONIC MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Electrophysiology; Heart failure; Pacemakers; Torsade de pointes

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; TORSADE DES POINTES;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CISAPRIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DELAYED RECTIFIER POTASSIUM CHANNELS; DOGS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART VENTRICLES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PERICARDIUM; PIPERIDINES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; PYRIDINES; TORSADES DE POINTES;

EID: 2442503737     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000127423.75608.A4     Document Type: Article

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