Rabbit-specific ventricular model of cardiac electrophysiological function including specialized conduction system

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 90-100

  Bordas, R ^a   Gillow, K ^a   Lou, Q ^c   Efimov, I R ^c   Gavaghan, D ^a   Kohl, P ^a,b   Grau, V ^a   Rodriguez, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation sequence; Electrophysiology simulation; His Purkinje system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; RABBITS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 80053584229     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2011.05.002     Document Type: Review

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