Atrial arrhythmogenesis in catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia - is there a mechanistic link between sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ leak and re-entry?

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 208-211

  Heijman, J ^a   Wehrens, X H T ^b   Dobrev, D ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d DZHK GERMAN CENTRE FOR CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; CALSEQUESTRIN; FLECAINIDE; RYANODINE RECEPTOR 2; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM CALCIUM TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; CATECHOLAMINERGIC POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; CELL COMMUNICATION; EDITORIAL; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; GENE MUTATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; SINUS NODE CONDUCTION VELOCITY; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CALCIUM; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 84872177842     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: 17481716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apha.12038     Document Type: Editorial

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