Action potential conduction between a ventricular cell model and an isolated ventricular cell

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 281-295

  Wilders, Ronald ^a,b   Kumar, Rajiv ^c   Joyner, Ronald W ^c   Jongsma, Habo J ^a   Verheijck, E Etienne ^a,b   Golod, David ^c   Van Ginneken, Antoni C G ^b   Goolsby, William N ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GUINEA PIG; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030053841     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79569-3     Document Type: Article

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