Increase in late sodium current and cellular uncoupling exacerbates transmural dispersion of repolarization in heart failure

Computing in Cardiology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2012, Pages 233-236

  Gomez, Juan F ^a   Cardona, Karen ^a   Romero, Lucia ^a   Saiz, Javier ^a   Belardinelli, Luiz ^b   Rajamani, Sridharan ^b   Trenor, Beatriz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b Gilead Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL DURATIONS; ACTION POTENTIALS; ELECTRICAL ACTIVITIES; ELECTRICAL REMODELING; NORMAL CONDITION; SODIUM CURRENT; STRUCTURAL REMODELING; TRANSMURAL DISPERSION OF REPOLARIZATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; SAFETY FACTOR; SODIUM; TISSUE;

CARDIOLOGY;

EID: 84875648961     PISSN: 23258861     EISSN: 2325887X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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