Counterpoint: M cells do not have a functional role in the ventricular myocardium of the intact heart

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 934-937

  Janse, Michiel J ^a   Coronel, Ruben ^a   Opthof, Tobias ^a,b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activation sequence; Dispersion in repolarization; ECG; Repolarization sequence; T wave

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SHORT SURVEY; T WAVE; TORSADE DES POINTES;

EID: 79957735452     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.10.048     Document Type: Article

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