Mechanisms underlying increased right ventricular conduction sensitivity to flecainide challenge

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 749-756

  Veeraraghavan, Rengasayee ^a   Poelzing, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; Conduction; Electrophysiology; I K1; INa; Interventricular heterogeneities; Nav1.5

Indexed keywords

FLECAINIDE; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; GUINEA PIG; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HYPOKALEMIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CHLORIDES; FLECAINIDE; GUINEA PIGS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HYPOKALEMIA; MYOCARDIUM; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING; SODIUM; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SODIUM CHANNELS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 39749088814     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: 17553245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvm090     Document Type: Article

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