Inotropic effects of electric currents. I. Positive and negative effects of constant electric currents or current pulses applied during cardiac action potentials. II. Hypotheses: calcium movements, excitation-contraction coupling and inotropic effects

Circ Res. 1969 Mar;24(3):409-45. doi: 10.1161/01.res.24.3.409.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Action Potentials*
  • Animals
  • Biological Transport
  • Calcium / metabolism*
  • Cats
  • Cell Membrane Permeability
  • Electric Stimulation*
  • Heart / physiology*
  • Membrane Potentials*
  • Myocardium / cytology
  • Myocardium / metabolism*
  • Sheep
  • Ventricular Function*

Substances

  • Calcium