Stretch pulses and cardiac arrhythmias in rat hearts: Is it a good model

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1052-1053

  Franz, Michael R ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOLARIZATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; HEART; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 70349245239     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: 1469445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2009.049817     Document Type: Short Survey

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