Comparison of the cellular electrophysiological characteristics of canine left ventricular epicardium, M cells, endocardium and Purkinje fibres

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 181-190

  Balati B ^a   Varro A ^a   Papp, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Action potential duration; Dog ventricular preparations; Electrophysiology; Rate dependence; Rate of rise of the action potential upstroke

Indexed keywords

NIFEDIPINE; PINACIDIL; SODIUM ION; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE FIBER; SODIUM CURRENT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; DOGS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS; NIFEDIPINE; PERICARDIUM; PINACIDIL; PURKINJE FIBERS; TETRODOTOXIN; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0031728196     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.1998.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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