Electrotonic cancellation of transmural electrical gradients in the left ventricle in man

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 82, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 243-254

  Taggart, Peter ^a   Sutton, Peter ^a   Opthof, Tobias ^b   Coronel, Ruben ^c   Kallis, Panny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ischaemia; Repolarisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038554218     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6107(03)00025-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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