Chapter-029 Arrhythmia Mechanisms
BOOK TITLE: Cardiology: An Illustrated Textbook (2 Volumes)
Author
1. Anderson Mark
ISBN
9789350252758
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/11124_29
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2013
Pages
15
Author Affiliations
1.
The Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, USA
Chapter keywords
Arrhythmias,
Nernst equation,
ion channels,
voltage-gated Na+ channels,
Ca2+ channels,
cytoskeletal proteins,
patch clamp technique,
cardiac myocytes,
Na+/Ca2+ exchanger,
Na+/K+ ATPase,
myocardial action potentials,
cardiac action potentials,
K+ channels,
NaV1.5 current,
NaV channels,
connexin,
sinoatrial node,
Na+/K+ selective cation current,
calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II,
Ca2+ clock mechanism,
electrocardiogram,
ion channel antagonist drugs,
QT interval,
membrane repolarization,
afterdepolarizations,
catecholaminergic polymorphic VT,
long QT syndromes,
CaMKII inhibition,
cardiac arrhythmias,
myocardial injury,
reactive oxygen species,
Ca2+ homeostatic proteins