Role of passive electrical properties during action potential restitution in intact heart

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 3 42-3, 1997, Pages

  Laurita, Kenneth R ^a   Girouard, Steven D ^a   Rudy, Yoram ^a   Rosenbaum, David S ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potential duration; Computer simulation; Electrotonic; Repolarization; Voltage sensitive dyes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; GUINEA PIG; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART STIMULATION; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; ISOLATED HEART; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33751273229     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.273.3.h1205     Document Type: Article

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