Resolving the M-cell debate: Why and how

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1293-1295

  Nattel, Stanley ^a   Antzelevitch, Charles ^b   Noble, Denis ^c  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b MASONIC MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79960806570     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.06.002     Document Type: Editorial

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