Ionic mechanisms of electrophysiological properties and repolarization abnormalities in rabbit Purkinje fibers

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 300, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Corrias, Alberto ^a   Giles, Wayne ^b   Rodriguez, Blanca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Early afterdepolarization; Electrophysiology; Purkinje

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; DELAYED RECTIFIER POTASSIUM CHANNEL; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY AFTERDEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HYPERKALEMIA; ION CURRENT; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE FIBER; RABBIT; SODIUM CURRENT; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; IONS; MODELS, ANIMAL; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PURKINJE FIBERS; RABBITS; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 79955773125     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01170.2010     Document Type: Article

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