Electrotonic coupling between human atrial myocytes and fibroblasts alters myocyte excitability and repolarization

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2179-2190

  Maleckar, Mary M ^a,b   Greenstein, Joseph L ^a,b   Giles, Wayne R ^c   Trayanova, Natalia A ^a,b  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE EXCITABILITY; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL;

EID: 70449109710     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.07.054     Document Type: Article

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