Role of substrate and triggers in the genesis of cardiac alternans, from the myocyte to the whole heart: Implications for therapy

Circulation

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 539-549

  Merchant, Faisal M ^a   Armoundas, Antonis A ^b,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

alternans (mechanism); arrhythmias; cardiac; cellular alternans; myocytes; ryanodine receptor; sarcoplasmic reticulum

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIAC ALTERNANS; CELL ISOLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ECG ABNORMALITY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPOLARIZATION ALTERNANS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84856428812     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.033563     Document Type: Article

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