Misinterpretation of the mouse ECG: 'Musing the waves of Mus musculus'

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 592, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 4613-4626

  Boukens, Bastiaan J ^a   Rivaud, Mathilde R ^b   Rentschler, Stacey ^c,d   Coronel, Ruben ^b,e  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Cardiovascular Division   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; BRUGADA SYNDROME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MORPHOLOGY; MUS MUSCULUS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; QT INTERVAL; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME; ANIMAL; HEART; HEART DISEASES; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MICE;

EID: 84927696001     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2014.279380     Document Type: Review

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