Line stimulation parallel to myofibers enhances regional uniformity of transmembrane voltage changes in rabbit hearts

Circulation Research

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 229-241

  Knisley, Stephen B ^a,b   Baynham, Tamara C ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Fluorescent dye; Transmembrane potential

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

EID: 0030859057     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.res.81.2.229     Document Type: Article

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