Cellular basis for the repolarization waves of the ECG

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1080, Issue , 2006, Pages 268-281

  Antzelevitch, Charles ^a  

^a MASONIC MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Brugada syndrome; Electrophysiology; Heterogeneity; Long QT; Short QT

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPICARDIUM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; PURKINJE FIBER; QT PROLONGATION; REPOLARIZATION; STIMULATION; T WAVE;

EID: 33845612264     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1380.021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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