Vulnerable windows define susceptibility to alternans and spatial discordance

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 298, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Weinberg, Seth ^a   Malhotra, Neha ^a   Tung, Leslie ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Computational model; Electrophysiology; Optical mapping

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; PINACIDIL;

ALTERNAN VULNERABLE WINDOW; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCORDANT ALTERNAN VULNERABLE WINDOW; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART PACING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; DOGS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART VENTRICLES; KATP CHANNELS; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PINACIDIL; RATS; TEMPERATURE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 77952592586     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01036.2009     Document Type: Article

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