Detrimental effects of electrical fields on cardiac muscle

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 366-378

  Tung, Leslie ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CARDIOLOGY; CATHODES; CELL MEMBRANES; ELECTRIC WAVEFORMS; ELECTRODES; FREE RADICALS; MUSCLE; PHYSICAL THERAPY; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE;

ABERRANT CARDIAC FUNCTION; BAROTRAUMA; CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA; DYSFUNCTION; ELECTRICAL SHOCK; ELECTROPORATION; HYPERTHERMIA;

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 0030110239     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.486740     Document Type: Article

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