Slow conduction in cardiac tissue, II. Effects of branching tissue geometry

Circulation Research

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 795-805

  Kucera, Jan P ^b   Kléber, André G ^b   Rohr, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atrioventricular node; Discontinuous conduction; Impedance mismatch; Myocardial infarction; Voltage sensitive dye

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; ION TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0344431276     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.83.8.795     Document Type: Article

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