Mapping of reentrant spontaneous polymorphic ventricular tachycardia in a Scn5a+/- mouse model

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 300, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Martin, Claire A ^a   Guzadhur, Laila ^a   Grace, Andrew A ^a   Lei, Ming ^b   Huang, Christopher L H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Brugada syndrome; Conduction; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

FLECAINIDE; QUINIDINE; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.5;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; ISOLATED HEART; MICROELECTRODE; MOUSE; NERVE BLOCK; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; BRUGADA SYNDROME; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FLECAINIDE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HETEROZYGOTE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; SODIUM CHANNELS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 79955778536     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00034.2011     Document Type: Article

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