Electromechanical Activation Sequence in Normal Heart

Heart Failure Clinics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 303-314

  Sengupta, Partho P ^a   Tondato, Fernando ^a   Khandheria, Bijoy K ^a   Belohlavek, Marek ^a   Jahangir, Arshad ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTIVATION SEQUENCE; EPICARDIUM; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GAP JUNCTION; HEART; HEART BEAT; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

ACTION POTENTIALS; CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MUSCLE CELLS;

EID: 45849146967     PISSN: 15517136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hfc.2008.02.006     Document Type: Review

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