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Editorial
. 2023 Aug 25:14:1278561.
doi: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1278561. eCollection 2023.

Editorial: Stretch and the heart: mechanoelectrical coupling and arrhythmias

Ewan Douglas Fowler  1 , Jan E Azarov  2   3 , Fabien Brette  4   5   6
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Editorial: Stretch and the heart: mechanoelectrical coupling and arrhythmias

Ewan Douglas Fowler et al. Front Physiol. .
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Keywords: Purkinje fiber; arrhythmias; computational modelling; ion channels; mechanoelectrical coupling; stretch.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. The authors declared that they were an editorial board member of Frontiers, at the time of submission. This had no impact on the peer review process and the final decision.

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