Nonlinear changes of transmembrane potential caused by defibrillation shocks in strands of cultured myocytes

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 278, Issue 3 47-3, 2000, Pages

  Fast, Vladimir G ^a,c   Rohr, Stephan ^d   Ideker, Raymond E ^a,b,c  

^a and Radiation Oncology   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cell cultures; Optical mapping; Stimulation; Voltage sensitive dyes

Indexed keywords

BARIUM CHLORIDE; DOFETILIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC SHOCK; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0034019642     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2000.278.3.h688     Document Type: Article

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