Optical mapping of langendorff-perfused rat hearts

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 30, 2009, Pages

  Sill, Bjoern ^a   Hammer, Peter E ^a   Cowan, Douglas B ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potentials; Cardiac; Cellular Biology; Crystalloid perfusion; Electrophysiology; Fluorescence; Issue 30; Voltage sensitive dye

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055111974     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/1138     Document Type: Article

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