Electrophysiological and structural determinants of electrotonic modulation of repolarization by the activation sequence

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 4 OCT, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Walton, Richard D ^a,b,c   Benson, Alan P ^a   Hardy, Matthew E L ^a   White, Ed ^a   Bernus, Olivier ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE CARDIO THORACIQUE DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Action potential duration; Cardiac electrophysiology; Electrotonic current; Heterogeneity; Ventricular repolarization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPICARDIUM; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART STIMULATION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SWINE; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

EID: 84885341934     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2013.00281     Document Type: Article

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