Ventricular transmural repolarization sequence: Its relationship with ventricular relaxation and role in ventricular diastolic function

European Heart Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 372-380

  Zhu, Tian Gang ^a   Patel, Chinmay ^b   Martin, Seth ^b   Quan, Xin ^a   Wu, Ying ^b   Burke, James F ^b,c   Chernick, Michael ^b   Kowey, Peter R ^b,c   Yan, Gan Xin ^b,c,d  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b LANKENAU INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diastolic function; T Wave; Ventricular relaxation; Ventricular repolarization

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERY PERFUSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISPERSION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RELAXATION TIME; STIMULATION; T WAVE; TIME PERCEPTION; WORKING ANIMAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DIASTOLE; DOGS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MODELS, ANIMAL; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PERICARDIUM; RABBITS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 59749088677     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn585     Document Type: Article

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