Distribution of atrial and nodal cells within the rabbit sinoatrial node: Models of sinoatrial transition

Circulation

Volumn 97, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 1623-1631

  Verheijck, E Etienne ^a   Wessels, Andy ^b   Van Ginneken, Antoni C G ^b   Bourier, Jan ^b   Markman, Marry W M ^b   Vermeulen, Jacqueline L M ^b   De Bakker, Jacques M T ^b   Lamers, Wouter H ^b   Opthof, Tobias ^b   Bouman, Lennart N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cells; Electrophysiology; Immunohistochemistry; Pacemakers

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SINOATRIAL CONDUCTION; SINUS NODE;

EID: 0032574637     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.97.16.1623     Document Type: Article

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