Altered dynamics of action potential restitution and alternans in humans with structural heart disease

Circulation

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1542-1548

  Koller, Marcus L ^a,d   Maier, Sebastian K G ^a   Gelzer, Anna R ^c   Bauer, Wolfgang R ^a   Meesmann, M ^b   Gilmour Jr , Robert F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b Juliusspital Würzburg ^*  (Germany)

^c Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action potentials; Dynamics; Electrical stimulation; Electrophysiology; Tachyarrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL ALTERNANS; ACTION POTENTIAL DURATION; ACTION POTENTIAL RESTITUTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REACTION TIME; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 24944449411     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.104.502831     Document Type: Article

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