Cardiac torsion and electromagnetic fields: The cardiac bioinformation hypothesis

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1109-1116

  Burleson, Katharine O ^a   Schwartz, Gary E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENERGY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART SOUND; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; REVIEW; ROTATION; SYSTOLE; TORSION;

EID: 17044410072     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2004.12.023     Document Type: Article

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