Transitions in ventricular activation revealed by two-dimensional optical mapping

Anatomical Record - Part A Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 280, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 990-1000

  Chuck, Emil Thomas ^a   Meyers, Kathleen ^b   France, David ^b   Creazzo, Tony L ^a   Morley, Gregory E ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conduction; Electrophysiology; Heart development; His Purkinje system; Optical mapping

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CAMERA; CHICK EMBRYO; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMBRYO; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL MAPPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE FIBER;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CHICK EMBRYO; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT DYES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 4844227022     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.20083     Document Type: Conference Paper

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