Cardiac alternans and ventricular fibrillation: a bad case of ryanodine receptors reneging on their duty.
From the School of Engineering, Bioengineering Program, University of California-Merced (A.L.E.); and Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Arrhythmia Research, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (H.H.V.).
Ariel L
AL
Escobar
Héctor H
HH
Valdivia
D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D020013:Calcium Signaling; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000378:metabolism*; D012032:Refractory Period, Electrophysiological; D019837:Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel / Q000378:metabolism*; D012519:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism*; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000378:metabolism*; D056969:Voltage-Sensitive Dye Imaging
D019837:Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel; D002118:Calcium
Editorials; myocardium; optical restriction mapping; ryanodine receptor calcium release channel