title: The conduction of the cardiac impulse 1951-1986.
abstract: The study of the propagation of the cardiac impulse during the last 35 years is reviewed with special attention to the contributions of Silvio Weidmann and his colleagues. Special emphasis is placed on the need to prove that the cardiac impulse is transmitted electrically, even when it is conducted under very abnormal conditions.
authors.affiliation: Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021.
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Cranefield
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D000818:Animals; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D006321:Heart / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology*; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D009431:Neural Conduction; D010042:Ouabain / Q000494:pharmacology; D011690:Purkinje Fibers / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D010042:Ouabain