Instability and Triangulation of the Action Potential Predict Serious Proarrhythmia, but Action Potential Duration Prolongation Is Antiarrhythmic
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- 17 April 2001
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- other
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 103 (15) , 2004-2013
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.103.15.2004
Abstract
Background—Prolongation of action potential duration (APD) is considered a major antiarrhythmic mechanism (class 2I), but paradoxically, it frequently is also proarrhythmic (torsade de pointes). Me...Keywords
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