Postrepolarization refractoriness in acute ischemia and after antiarrhythmic drug administration: Action potential duration is not always an index of the refractory period

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 977-982

  Coronel, Ruben ^a   Janse, Michiel J ^a   Opthof, Tobias ^a   Wilde, Arthur A ^a   Taggart, Peter ^b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action potential duration; Antiarrhythmic drugs; Dispersion of refractoriness; Dispersion of repolarization; Graded responses; Ischemia

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART PROTECTION; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; POSTREPOLARIZATION REFRACTORINESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; REVIEW;

EID: 84861337670     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.01.021     Document Type: Article

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