Regional differences in electrophysiological properties of epicardium, midmyocardium, and endocardium: In vitro and in vivo correlations

Circulation

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1981-1988

  Anyukhovsky, Evgeny P ^a   Sosunov, Eugene A ^a   Rosen, Michael R ^a  

^a Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

action potentials; endocardium; epicardium; myocardium

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DOG; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029844535     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.94.8.1981     Document Type: Article

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