Vortex shedding as a precursor of turbulent electrical activity in cardiac muscle

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1105-1111

  Cabo, Cándido ^a   Pertsov, Arkady M ^a   Davidenko, Jorge M ^a   Baxter, William T ^a   Gray, Richard A ^a   Jalife, José ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPICARDIUM; HEART EXCITATION; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0030045537     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79691-1     Document Type: Article

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