Sympathetic stimulation increases dispersion of repolarization in humans with myocardial infarction

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 302, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Vaseghi, Marmar ^a   Lux, Robert L ^b   Mahajan, Aman ^a   Shivkumar, Kalyanam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENALINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; DRUG RESPONSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; ISOPROTERENOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NITROPRUSSIDE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; SYMPATHOMIMETICS;

EID: 84860532331     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01106.2011     Document Type: Article

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