PMID: 6399991Feb 1, 1983Paper

Cellular basis for cardiac arrhythmias

Cardiology Clinics
R F Gilmour, D P Zipes

Abstract

The authors summarize current concepts of the cellular electrophysiologic basis for cardiac arrhythmias. The cellular mechanisms for abnormal formation and propagation of impulses and selected interactions between the two are reviewed. The clinical significance of these phenomena is also discussed.

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