The cardiac muscle duplex as a method to study myocardial heterogeneity

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 115, Issue 2-3, 2014, Pages 115-128

  Solovyova, O ^a,b   Katsnelson, L B ^a   Konovalov, P V ^a   Kursanov, A G ^a,b   Vikulova, N A ^a   Kohl, P ^c,d   Markhasin, V S ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b URAL FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac mechano electric coupling; Cardiac tissue; Cardiomyocyte interaction; Electro mechanical mathematical model; Excitation contraction coupling; Mechano electric feedback

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 84908609643     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2014.07.010     Document Type: Review

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