Virtual sources associated with linear and curved strands of cardiac cells

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 279, Issue 4 48-4, 2000, Pages

  Tung, Leslie ^a   Kléber, André G ^b  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cultured cells; Defibrillation; Electric excitation; Electric shock; Optical mapping

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC SHOCK; EXCITATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MODEL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0033712092     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2000.279.4.h1579     Document Type: Article

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