In Humans, Chronic Atrial Fibrillation Decreases the Transient Outward Current and Ultrarapid Component of the Delayed Rectifier Current Differentially on Each Atria and Increases the Slow Component of the Delayed Rectifier Current in Both

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 55, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 2346-2354

  Caballero, Ricardo ^a   de la Fuente, Marta González ^a   Gómez, Ricardo ^a   Barana, Adriana ^a   Amorós, Irene ^a   Dolz Gaitón, Pablo ^a   Osuna, Lourdes ^a   Almendral, Jesús ^b   Atienza, Felipe ^b   Fernández Avilés, Francisco ^b   Pita, Ana ^b   Rodríguez Roda, Jorge ^b   Pinto, Ángel ^b   Tamargo, Juan ^a   Delpón, Eva ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

chronic atrial fibrillation; electrical remodeling; human myocytes; slow delayed rectifier; voltage dependent potassium channels

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; CALCIUM ION; DELAYED RECTIFIER POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; WHOLE CELL;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 77952194200     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.02.028     Document Type: Article

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