Heart Cell Communication in Health and Disease by Walmor C. De Mello (auth.), Walmor C. De Mello, Michiel J.

By Walmor C. De Mello (auth.), Walmor C. De Mello, Michiel J. Janse (eds.)

In Heart mobilephone conversation in overall healthiness and Disease an in depth evaluation of other points of center mobile verbal exchange is gifted. The booklet starts off with the elemental idea that cardiac cells are communicated, after which proceeds to the position of hole junctions in center improvement, the molecular biology of hole junctions, the biophysics of the intercellular channels, the keep an eye on of junctional conductance and the effect of hole junctions on impulse propagation.
this can be the 1st time unmarried quantity has defined mobile verbal exchange within the basic middle and less than varied pathological stipulations comparable to middle failure, coronary affliction, myocardial ischemia and cardiac arrhythmias. during this method the method of telephone conversation is analyzed at diverse degrees of complexity, offering the reader with a large view of this box and its relevance to cardiology.

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