Toward an integrated understanding of the Purkinje fibers in the heart: The functional and morphological interconnection between the Purkinje fibers and ventricular muscle

Acta Histochemica et Cytochemica

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 257-265

  Tanaka, Hideo ^a   Hamamoto, Tetsu ^a,b   Takamatsu, Tetsuro ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Conduction; Confocal microscope; Imaging; Purkinje fiber

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL FATE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; GAP JUNCTION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PURKINJE FIBER; PURKINJE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; REVIEW;

EID: 25644456738     PISSN: 00445991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1267/ahc.38.257     Document Type: Review

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