Discordant calcium transient and action potential alternans in a canine left-ventricular myocyte

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2340-2344

  Armoundas, Antonis A ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular alternans; Model; Myocyte; Ryanodine receptor (RyR); Sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR)

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALTERNAN; CALCIUM TRANSIENTS; CARDIAC ALTERNANS; CARDIAC DEATH; CASE REPORTS; CELLULAR ALTERNANS; CHANNEL OPENING; ELECTRICAL STABILITY; MODEL RESULTS; MYOCYTE; OUT OF PHASE; RYANODINE RECEPTOR (RYR); RYANODINE RECEPTORS; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM (SR); SUBTHRESHOLD; UNDERLYING MECHANISM;

DEPOLARIZATION; INSECTICIDES; REENGINEERING; REVERSE ENGINEERING;

CALCIUM;

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; RYANODINE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHANNEL GATING; DOG; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HEART BEAT; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; DOGS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; RYANODINE RECEPTOR CALCIUM RELEASE CHANNEL; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 69549108618     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2009.2023671     Document Type: Article

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