Cardiac fibrillation: From ion channels to rotors in the human heart

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 872-879

  Vaquero, Miguel ^a   Calvo, David ^b   Jalife, José ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Ionic mechanisms; Reentry; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE; AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; FLECAINIDE; ION CHANNEL; QUINIDINE; VERAPAMIL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; ION CURRENT; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM CURRENT; TACHYCARDIA;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; HEART; HEART ATRIA; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MYOCARDIUM; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 44549086479     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.02.034     Document Type: Article

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