Abstract
We demonstrate that meandering as well as regular spiral waves can form in a well-controlled culture layer of rat ventricle cells and that the meandering spiral wave, in particular, can generate an alternant rhythm. These observations are made possible by a newly developed, noninvasive phase contrast macro-optics that is simple but highly effective in visualizing the contractile motion of the populations of cardiac cells.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 198103 |
Number of pages | 1 |
Journal | Physical review letters |
Volume | 92 |
Issue number | 19 |
Publication status | Published - 2004 May 14 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy