Electric currents applied during the refractory period can modulate cardiac contractility in vitro and in vivo.
Divisions of Circulatory Physiology and Cardiology, Cardiac Physiology Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, NY, USA. db59@columbia.edu
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Burkhoff
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Felzen
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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*