Experimental techniques for investigating cardiac electrical activity and response to electrical stimuli

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 417-427

  Knisley, Stephen B ^a   Smith, William M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; CARDIOLOGY; CELLS; ELECTRIC CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; TISSUE;

CARDIAC ACTIVATION; CARDIAC ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR CARDIAC ELECTROGRAMS; IONIC CURRENTS; TRANSMEMBRANE VOLTAGES;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 0030106822     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.486744     Document Type: Article

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