Mitochondrial dysfunction: A new frontier in the search for elusive arrhythmia mechanisms

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 1 DEC, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Xie, Chaoqin ^a   Akar, Fadi G ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84866445727     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2010.00163     Document Type: Note

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