Simulation and mechanistic investigation of the arrhythmogenic role of the late sodium current in human heart failure

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Trenor, Beatriz ^a   Cardona, Karen ^a   Gomez, Juan F ^a   Rajamani, Sridharan ^b   Ferrero, Jose M ^a   Belardinelli, Luiz ^b   Saiz, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b Gilead Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); CALCIUM ION; ION CHANNEL; SODIUM CALCIUM EXCHANGE PROTEIN; SODIUM;

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME REGULATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SODIUM CURRENT; ACTION POTENTIAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MUSCLE CELLS; SODIUM; SODIUM-CALCIUM EXCHANGER; SODIUM-POTASSIUM-EXCHANGING ATPASE; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84858025689     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032659     Document Type: Article

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