Maurits A. Allessie

Chapter 1 The Ionic Basis of the Heartbeat and of Cardiac Arrhythmias Denis Noble The rhythm of the heart is generated by membrane proteins that control the flow of charged ions (principally sodium, potassium, calcium, and chloride) across the cell membrane. Some of these proteins act as...

PrefaceTwenty years have gone by since the international meeting on "The Specialized Tissues of the Heart" convened in Rio de Janeiro, under the sponsorship of the Instituto de Biofisica. Cardiac microelectrophysiology was then only ten years old. We knew then much of what we know today about the...