What is the arrhythmic substrate in viral myocarditis? Insights from clinical and animal studies

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 7, Issue JUL, 2016, Pages

  Tse, Gary ^a,b   Yeo, Jie M ^c   Chan, Yin Wah ^d   Lai, Eric T H ^a   Yan, Bryan P ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrhythmia; Conduction; Mouse model; Repolarization; Viral myocarditis; Viral induced cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ACTION POTENTIAL DURATION; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIAC CHANNELOPATHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS;

EID: 84981489482     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2016.00308     Document Type: Article

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