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Electromechanical vortex filaments during cardiac fibrillation

Electromechanical vortex filaments during cardiac fibrillation

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Electromechanical vortex filaments during cardiac fibrillation

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Full title

Electromechanical vortex filaments during cardiac fibrillation

Publisher

London: Nature Publishing Group UK

Journal title

Nature (London), 2018-03, Vol.555 (7698), p.667-672

Language

English

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Publisher

London: Nature Publishing Group UK

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Contents

Using optical mapping and 3D ultrasound, the dynamics and interactions between electrical and mechanical phase singularities were analysed by simultaneously measuring the membrane potential, intracellular calcium concentration and mechanical contractions of the heart during normal rhythm and fibrillation.
Vortices cause a dangerous stir in the h...

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Electromechanical vortex filaments during cardiac fibrillation

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2007426737

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2007426737

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ISSN

0028-0836

E-ISSN

1476-4687

DOI

10.1038/nature26001

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