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Comparative Physiology of the Heart: Current Trends

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There is controversy as to the mechanism of transmission of excitation from cell to cell in vertebrate myocardium. Some of the electrophysiological data support the hypothesis of a simple electrical syncytium (one-, two-, or three-dimensional) and some support the hypothesis that there is no DC electrical coupling between contiguous myocardial cells.

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  1. Department of Physiology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Va., USA

    Nick Sperelakis

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  1. Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA

    F. V. McCann

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Sperelakis, N. (1969). Introduction. In: McCann, F.V. (eds) Comparative Physiology of the Heart: Current Trends. Experientia Supplementum. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-6800-6_7

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