Separation of early afterdepolarizations from arrhythmogenic substrate in the isolated perfused hypokalaemic murine heart through modifiers of calcium homeostasis

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-58

  Killeen, M J ^a   Gurung, I S ^a   Thomas, G ^a   Stokoe, K S ^a   Grace, A A ^a   Huang, C L H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arrhythmogenesis; Early afterdepolarizations; Hypokalaemia; Mouse heart; Transmural gradients of repolarization

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; N [2 [[N [3 (4 CHLOROPHENYL) 2 PROPENYL] N METHYLAMINO]METHYL]PHENYL] N (2 HYDROXYETHYL) 4 METHOXYBENZENESULFONAMIDE; NIFEDIPINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART BEAT; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HYPOKALEMIA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 34547673492     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2007.01715.x     Document Type: Article

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