Alternans in genetically modified Langendorff-perfused murine hearts modeling catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 1 OCT, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Sabir, Ian N ^a,b   Ma, Nan ^c   Jones, Victoria J ^d   Goddard, Catharine A ^a   Zhang, Yanmin ^a   Kalin, Asli ^c   Grace, Andrew A ^a   Huang, Christopher L H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternans; Arrhythmia; Brugada syndrome; Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia; Monophasic action potential; Restitution curve; Ryanodine receptor; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864550698     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2010.00126     Document Type: Article

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