Alternans of action potential duration and amplitude in rabbits with left ventricular dysfunction following myocardial infarction

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 510-521

  Myles, Rachel C ^a   Burton, Francis L ^a   Cobbe, Stuart M ^a   Smith, Godfrey L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternans; Heart failure; Left ventricular dysfunction; Repolarization; Ventricular arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART PACING; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; HEART; HEART RUPTURE, POST-INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RABBITS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 79551610903     PISSN: 00222828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2010.11.019     Document Type: Article

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