The initiation of the heart beat

Circulation Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 221-225

  Chen, Peng Sheng ^a   Joung, Boyoung ^b   Shinohara, Tetsuji ^a   Das, Mithilesh ^a   Chen, Zhenhui ^a   Lin, Shien Fong ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Sick sinus syndrome; Sinoatrial node

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; SODIUM CALCIUM EXCHANGE PROTEIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; BRADYCARDIA; CELL MEMBRANE; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART BEAT; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; ION CURRENT; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; PACEMAKER; REVIEW; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; KINETICS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; SINOATRIAL NODE; SODIUM-CALCIUM EXCHANGER;

EID: 75749139359     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-09-0712     Document Type: Review

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