The paradigm shift: Heartbeat initiation without “the pacemaker cell”

The current dogma about the heartbeat origin is based on “the pacemaker cell,” a specialized cell residing in the sinoatrial node (SAN) that exhibits spontaneous diastolic depolarization triggering rhythmic action potentials (APs). Recent high-resolution imaging, however, demonstrated that Ca signal...

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Main Authors: Victor A. Maltsev, Michael D. Stern
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2022.1090162/full