Mechanisms of ventricular arrhythmias: From molecular fluctuations to electrical turbulence

Annual Review of Physiology

Volumn 77, Issue , 2015, Pages 29-55

  Qu, Zhilin ^a   Weiss, James N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaos; Multiscale dynamics; Nonlinear dynamics; Sudden cardiac death; Ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL; ION CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL DURATION; ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CATECHOLAMINERGIC POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; HEART EXCITATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEREDITY; HUMAN; ION CURRENT; KNOWLEDGE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE BLOCK; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OSCILLATION; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T WAVE; TORSADE DES POINTES; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE MODEL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 84922775276     PISSN: 00664278     EISSN: 15451585     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-physiol-021014-071622     Document Type: Article

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