Conduction block in micropatterned cardiomyocyte cultures replicating the structure of ventricular cross-sections

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 263-271

  Badie, Nima ^a   Scull, James A ^a   Klinger, Rebecca Y ^a   Krol, Ava ^a   Bursac, Nenad ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Conduction block; DTMRI; Micropatterning; Monolayer; Structurefunction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; HEART BLOCK; HEART EXCITATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CELLS, CULTURED; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84856140931     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: 17553245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvr304     Document Type: Article

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