'The electrical spiral of the heart': its role in the helical continuum. The hypothesis of the anisotropic conducting matrix

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Coghlan, H Cecil ^a   Coghlan, Anthony R ^b   Buckberg, Gerald D ^c,d   Cox, James L ^e  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center   (United States)

^b Arthur Andersen   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation; Conduction; Contraction; Electrophysiology; Excitation; Fiber architecture; Intercellular matrix; Myocardial band and spiral; Myocardium

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; BIRD; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTERCELLULAR SPACE; MAMMAL; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE FIBER; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PURKINJE FIBERS;

EID: 33744503983     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2006.02.046     Document Type: Review

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