Cardiac Cellular Electrophysiology (Basic Science for the Cardiologist)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: January 15, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 421
ISBN-13: 9780792375449
Subjects: Cardiovascular medicine; Medical / Nursing; Heart; Cardiovascular System Physiology; Electrophysiology; Physiology; Science; Medical; Life Sciences - Cytology; Heart cells; Cardiology; Medical / Cardiology; Medical / Physiology; Medical-Cardiology; Pathophysiology; Life Sciences - Anatomy & Physiology; Electric properties
First sentence: The cardiac action potential can in general be subdivided into four phases, although the shapes of the action potentials show large variations between different cells, and some phases are not pronounced or may even be absent in some cell types (Fig. I.1)