Proarrhythmia in KCNJ2-linked short QT syndrome: Insights from modelling

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 66-76

  Adeniran, Ismail ^a   El Harchi, Aziza ^b   Hancox, Jules C ^b   Zhang, Henggui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Inward rectifier; Short QT syndrome; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT KIR2.1;

ARTICLE; HEART MUSCLE EXCITABILITY; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART PROARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SHORT QT SYNDROME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CHO CELLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEART VENTRICLES; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MUTATION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHENOTYPE; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84859041826     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: 17553245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvs082     Document Type: Article

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