The shape of the electrical action-potential upstroke: A new aspect from optical measurements on the surface of the heart

Circulation Research

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 204-206

  Kleber, André G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Action potential; Excitation; Optical measurements; Propagation; Upstroke

Indexed keywords

SODIUM ION;

ACTION POTENTIAL; EDITORIAL; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAVEFORM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; SWINE;

EID: 23344444580     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.0000177922.62341.f2     Document Type: Editorial

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