Origin of the electrocardiographic U wave: effects of M cells and dynamic gap junction coupling.

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Published in Ann Biomed Eng on February 03, 2010

Authors

Bruce Hopenfeld1, Hiroshi Ashikaga

Author Affiliations

1: Angel Medical Systems, Inc., 1163 Shrewsbury Avenue, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702, USA. brhopenfeld@yahoo.com

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