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SUBMITTER: Tandri H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3328400 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tandri Harikrishna H Weinberg Seth H SH Chang Kelly C KC Zhu Renjun R Trayanova Natalia A NA Tung Leslie L Berger Ronald D RD
Science translational medicine 20110901 102
Electrical impulse propagation is an essential function in cardiac, skeletal muscle, and nervous tissue. Abnormalities in cardiac impulse propagation underlie lethal reentrant arrhythmias, including ventricular fibrillation. Temporary propagation block throughout the ventricular myocardium could possibly terminate these arrhythmias. Electrical stimulation has been applied to nervous tissue to cause reversible conduction block, but has not been explored sufficiently in cardiac tissue. We show tha ...[more]