Cardiac contractility modulation by non-excitatory currents: Studies in isolated cardiac muscle

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-15

  Brunckhorst, Corinna B ^a   Shemer, Isaac ^b,c   Mika, Yuval ^c   Ben Haim, Shlomo A ^c   Burkhoff, Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c IMPULSE Dynamics   (United States)

Author keywords

EC coupling; Inotropy; Membrane potential; Papillary muscle; Sarcoplasmic reticulum

Indexed keywords

RYANODINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INOTROPISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 29444449745     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2005.05.011     Document Type: Article

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