Electrolyte disturbances differentially regulate sinoatrial node and pulmonary vein electrical activity: A contribution to hypokalemia- or hyponatremia-induced atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 781-788

  Lu, Yen Yu ^a,b   Cheng, Chen Chuan ^c   Chen, Yao Chang ^d   Lin, Yung Kuo ^e,f   Chen, Shih Ann ^g   Chen, Yi Jen ^e,f  

^a CATHAY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Hypokalemia; Hyponatremia; Pulmonary vein; Sinoatrial node

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM; SODIUM; ELECTROLYTE; SODIUM CALCIUM EXCHANGE PROTEIN;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; FIRING RATE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART MUSCLE TENSION; HEART PERFUSION; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; NEW ZEALAND WHITE (RABBIT); NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SINUS NODE MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CARDIAC MUSCLE CELL; COMPLICATION; DISEASE MODEL; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBITS AND HARES; SINUS NODE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROLYTES; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PULMONARY VEINS; RABBITS; SINOATRIAL NODE; SODIUM-CALCIUM EXCHANGER;

EID: 84958918928     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.12.005     Document Type: Article

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