Extracellular discontinuities in cardiac muscle evidence for capillary effects on the action potential foot

Circulation Research

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1144-1164

  Spach, Madison S ^a   Heidlage, J Francis ^a   Dolber, Paul C ^a   Barr, Roger C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potential foot; Capillary; Electrical field effect; Interstitial discontinuity; Interstitial potential

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; DOG; ELECTRIC FIELD; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HYPOTHESIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROSCOPY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032583182     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.83.11.1144     Document Type: Article

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