Oscillation in cycle length induces transient discordant and steady-state concordant alternans in the heart

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Weinberg, Seth H ^a   Tung, Leslie ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNANS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLE LENGTH OSCILLATION; GUINEA PIG; HEART CYCLE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART PACING; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; ISOLATED HEART; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RAT; STEADY STATE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOGS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GUINEA PIGS; HEART; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS; VOLTAGE-SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING;

CAVIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84863611046     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040477     Document Type: Article

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