Optical mapping of the isolated coronary-perfused human sinus node

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 56, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 1386-1394

  Fedorov, Vadim V ^a   Glukhov, Alexey V ^a   Chang, Roger ^a   Kostecki, Geran ^a   Aferol, Hyuliya ^a   Hucker, William J ^a   Wuskell, Joseph P ^c   Loew, Leslie M ^c   Schuessler, Richard B ^b   Moazami, Nader ^b   Efimov, Igor R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial breakthrough; exit pathways; human sinoatrial node; optical mapping

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINOATRIAL CONDUCTION; SINUS NODE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART PACING; IN VITRO STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; VOLTAGE SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; EPICARDIAL MAPPING; HUMANS; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; SINOATRIAL NODE; VOLTAGE-SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING;

EID: 77957898407     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.03.098     Document Type: Article

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