Dynamical mechanism for subcellular alternans in cardiac myocytes

Circulation Research

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 335-342

  Gaeta, Stephen A ^a   Bub, Gil ^b   Abbott, Geoffrey W ^a   Christini, David J ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Calcium handling; Pattern formation; Subcellular alternans

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ARTICLE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL ISOLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GUINEA PIG; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART PACING; HEART RHYTHM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; GUINEA PIGS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC;

EID: 70349251987     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.109.197590     Document Type: Article

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