Electric currents applied during the refractory period can modulate cardiac contractility in vitro and in vivo.
Burkhoff
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Divisions of Circulatory Physiology and Cardiology, Cardiac Physiology Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, NY, USA. db59@columbia.edu
Shemer
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Felzen
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B
Shimizu
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J
Mika
Y
Y
Dickstein
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M
Prutchi
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D
Darvish
N
N
Ben-Haim
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D000818:Animals; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology*; D011817:Rabbits; D012032:Refractory Period, Electrophysiological / Q000502:physiology*