A study of early afterdepolarizations in a model for human ventricular tissue.

Sudden cardiac death is often caused by cardiac arrhythmias. Recently, special attention has been given to a certain arrhythmogenic condition, the long-QT syndrome, which occurs as a result of genetic mutations or drug toxicity. The underlying mechanisms of arrhythmias, caused by the long-QT syndrom...

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Main Authors: Nele Vandersickel, Ivan V Kazbanov, Anita Nuitermans, Louis D Weise, Rahul Pandit, Alexander V Panfilov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3888406?pdf=render