Rate-dependent shortening of action potential duration increases ventricular vulnerability in failing rabbit heart

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 300, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Harada, Masahide ^a   Tsuji, Yukiomi ^b   Ishiguro, Yuko S ^b   Takanari, Hiroki ^b   Okuno, Yusuke ^b   Inden, Yasuya ^c   Honjo, Haruo ^b   Lee, Jong Kook ^b   Murohara, Toyoaki ^c   Sakuma, Ichiro ^d   Kamiya, Kaichiro ^b   Kodama, Itsuo ^b  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternans; Electrophysiology; Heart failure; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART PACING; HEART PERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; MICROELECTRODES; RABBITS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 79551477992     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00209.2010     Document Type: Article

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