Mechanisms of myocardial depression in sepsis: Association of L-type calcium current density and ventricular repolarization duration

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 724-725

  Bonnemeier, Hendrik ^a   Weidtmann, Britta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action potential duration; L type calcium current density; Myocardial depression; QTinterval; Sepsis; Ventricular repolarization

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

CALCIUM CURRENT; EDITORIAL; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS;

EID: 74949099954     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181bfe856     Document Type: Editorial

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