Anisotropic repolarization in ventricular tissue

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 1 41-1, 1997, Pages

  Gotoh, Masamichi ^a   Uchida, Takumi ^a   Fan, Wei ^a   Fishbein, Michael C ^a   Karagueuzian, Hrayr S ^a   Chen, Peng Sheng ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

action potential duration; anisotropy; conduction velocity; effective refractory period; fiber orientation; repolarization map

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART PACING; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

EID: 33750720365     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.272.1.h107     Document Type: Article

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