Arrhythmogenic substrate in hearts of rats with monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular hypertrophy

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 300, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Benoist, David ^a   Stones, Rachel ^a   Drinkhill, Mark ^a   Bernus, Olivier ^a   White, Ed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action potentials; Electrical restitution; Fibrillation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; ION CHANNEL; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCROTALINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART FIBRILLATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; IN VIVO STUDY; ISOLATED HEART; MONOPHASIC ACTION POTENTIAL DURATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CALCIUM CHANNELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; HYPERTROPHY, RIGHT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MONOCROTALINE; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STROKE VOLUME; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 79958044088     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01226.2010     Document Type: Article

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