Stretch-induced changes in arrhythmogenesis and excitability in experimentally based heart cell models

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 275, Issue 2 44-2, 1998, Pages

  Riemer, Tara L ^a   Sobie, Eric A ^a   Tung, Leslie ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac myocytes; Electrical stimulation; Mathematical model; Mechanoelectric coupling; Stretch activated channels

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART EXCITATION; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; IONIC STRENGTH; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031852075     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1998.275.2.h431     Document Type: Article

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