Murine electrophysiological models of cardiac arrhythmogenesis

CLH Huang - Physiological reviews, 2017 - journals.physiology.org
Cardiac arrhythmias can follow disruption of the normal cellular electrophysiological
processes underlying excitable activity and their tissue propagation as coherent wavefronts …

Should lethal arrhythmias in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy be predicted using non-electrophysiological methods?

R Saumarez, J Silberbauer, J Scannell, M Pytkowski… - Europace, 2023 - academic.oup.com
While sudden cardiac death (SCD) in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is due to
arrhythmias, the guidelines for prediction of SCD are based solely on non …

Slow and discontinuous conduction conspire in Brugada syndrome: a right ventricular mapping and stimulation study

PG Postema, PFHM van Dessel… - Circulation …, 2008 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Brugada syndrome (BrS) is associated with lethal arrhythmias, which are
linked to specific ST-segment changes (type-1 BrS-ECG) and the right ventricle (RV). The …

Paced ventricular electrogram fractionation predicts sudden cardiac death in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

RC Saumarez, M Pytkowski, M Sterlinski… - European heart …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Aims Paced electrogram fractionation analysis (PEFA) has been assessed for the prediction
of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in a large-scale, prospective study of patients with …

Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation is associated with increased intra-atrial conduction delay

M Pytkowski, A Jankowska, A Maciag, I Kowalik… - Europace, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Aims A novel electrophysiological technique, paced electrogram fractionation analysis
(PEFA), which measures activation delay of stimulated beats through the myocardium, has …

Effects of L‐type Ca2+ channel antagonism on ventricular arrhythmogenesis in murine hearts containing a modification in the Scn5a gene modelling human long QT …

G Thomas, IS Gurung, MJ Killeen… - The Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Ventricular arrhythmogenesis in long QT 3 syndrome (LQT3) involves both triggered activity
and re‐entrant excitation arising from delayed ventricular repolarization. Effects of specific L …

Effects of flecainide and quinidine on arrhythmogenic properties of Scn5a+/− murine hearts modelling the Brugada syndrome

KS Stokoe, R Balasubramaniam… - The Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Brugada syndrome (BrS) is associated with a loss of Na+ channel function and an increased
incidence of rapid polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (VT) and sudden cardiac death. A …

Delayed conduction and its implications in murine Scn5a+/− hearts: independent and interacting effects of genotype, age, and sex

K Jeevaratnam, S Poh Tee, Y Zhang… - … -European Journal of …, 2011 - Springer
We explored for relationships between SCN5A haploinsufficiency, implicated in clinical
arrhythmogenicity, and right ventricular (RV) conduction disorders in Langendorff-perfused …

The contribution of refractoriness to arrhythmic substrate in hypokalemic Langendorff-perfused murine hearts

IN Sabir, JA Fraser, MJ Killeen, AA Grace… - … -European Journal of …, 2007 - Springer
The clinical effects of hypokalemia including action potential prolongation and
arrhythmogenicity suppressible by lidocaine were reproduced in hypokalemic (3.0 mM K+) …

Heart Rhythm UK position statement on clinical indications for implantable cardioverter defibrillators in adult patients with familial sudden cardiac death syndromes

CJ Garratt, P Elliott, E Behr, AJ Camm, C Cowan… - Europace, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Whilst the decision regarding defibrillator implantation in a patient with a familial sudden
cardiac death syndrome is likely to be most significant for any particular individual, the …