Is the discrete coupling of cardiac cells reflected in the wavefront of extracellular potentials? - An experimental approach

International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos in Applied Sciences and Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1767-1773

  Hofer, Ernst ^a   Mohr, Günther ^a   Jorge, Ana Claudia ^a   Platzer, Dieter ^a   Schafferhofer, Ingrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

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EID: 0030239186     PISSN: 02181274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218127496001107     Document Type: Article

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