Cardiac muscle is not a uniform syncytium
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Cardiac muscle is not a uniform syncytium
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Optimal velocity and safety of discontinuous conduction through the heterogeneous Purkinje-ventricular junction.Biophys J. 2009 Jul 8;97(1):20-39. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.03.061. Biophys J. 2009. PMID: 19580741 Free PMC article.
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