Calcium dynamics and the mechanisms of atrioventricular junctional rhythm

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 805-812

  Kim, Daehyeok ^a   Shinohara, Tetsuji ^a   Joung, Boyoung ^a   Maruyama, Mitsunori ^a   Choi, Eue Keun ^a   On, Young Keun ^a   Han, Seongwook ^a   Fishbein, Michael C ^b   Lin, Shien Fong ^a   Chen, Peng Sheng ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

arrhythmia; automaticity; electrophysiology; optical mapping; sympathetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

4 (N ETHYL N PHENYLAMINO) 1,2 DIMETHYL 6 (METHYLAMINO)PYRIMIDINIUM CHLORIDE; CALCIUM; ISOPRENALINE; RYANODINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR JUNCTION ARRHYTHMIA; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM PACEMAKER; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART RATE; HYPOTHESIS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SINUS NODE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM; DOGS; ISOPROTERENOL; RYANODINE; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM;

EID: 77956138211     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.03.070     Document Type: Article

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