Pulmonary vein cellular electrophysiology and atrial fibrillation: Does basic research help us understand clinical pulmonary-vein arrhythmogenesis?

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1346-

  Nattel, Stanley ^a  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ISOPRENALINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANISOTROPY; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL HETEROGENEITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDITORIAL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART PACING; HEART REPOLARIZATION; ION CURRENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 30344478280     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2005.10.020     Document Type: Editorial

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