Purkinje fibers and arrhythmias

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 283-285

  Ideker, Raymond E ^a,b   Kong, Wei ^a   Pogwizd, Steven ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CONNEXIN 40; GLYCOGEN;

BRUGADA SYNDROME; DEFIBRILLATOR; DOG; EDITORIAL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART AUTOMATICITY; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PURKINJE FIBER; SWINE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CICATRIX; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; PURKINJE FIBERS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 61449086543     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.02232.x     Document Type: Editorial

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