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T Opthof1, B de Jonge, H J Jongsma, L N Bouman.
Abstract
The porcine sinoatrial node in an isolated right atrium preparation is characterized by unifocal impulse generation. It has a rather elongated shape and the larger part of its volume is taken up by collagen and fibroblasts. The impulse appears to emerge from a site where the percentage of myofilaments is relatively low. The impulse is propagated faster towards the crista terminalis than to the interatrial septum with preference for the oblique-upward direction. A very large zone of cells with low excitability is located at the interatrial septal side of the node.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID: 2832616 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2828(87)80532-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Mol Cell Cardiol ISSN: 0022-2828 Impact factor: 5.000