Channel structure and drug-induced cardiac arrhythmias
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Channel structure and drug-induced cardiac arrhythmias.
E lectrical activity underlies the control of the frequency, strength, and duration of contraction of the heart. During the cardiac cycle, a regular rhythmic pattern must be established in time-dependent changes in ionic conductances to ensure events that underlie normal cardiac function. Electrical impulses, originating at the sino atrial node are conducted throughout the atria until they conv...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.97.22.11683