The electrical heart: 25 years of discovery in cardiac electrophysiology, arrhythmias and sudden death

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 149-157

  Saffitz, Jeffrey E ^a   Corradi, Domenico ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac electrophysiology; Sudden death; Ventricular tachyarrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DESMOCOLLIN; DESMOGLEIN 2; DESMOPLAKIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DYSTROPHIN; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; MYOSIN BINDING PROTEIN C; PLAKOGLOBIN; TROPONIN I; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR JUNCTION ARRHYTHMIA; BRUGADA SYNDROME; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART; HUMANS;

EID: 84957801516     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: 18791336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2015.11.005     Document Type: Review

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