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epicardium [‚ep·ə′kärd·ē·əm]
(anatomy) The inner, serous portion of the pericardium that is in contact with the heart. (invertebrate zoology) A tubular prolongation of the branchial sac in certain ascidians which takes part in the process of budding. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | The new tools allow doctors to go through that sac to the epicardium - the heart's outermost tissue - without actually entering the heart, "reducing patients' risk and recovery time," he added. The J wave is produced by a transmural voltage gradient during initial ventricular repolarization, which results from the presence of a prominent action potential notch mediated by the transient outward potassium current (Ito) in the epicardium (1). In the embryo, Tß4 stimulates cells in the heart's outer layer, the epicardium, to produce more blood vessels, but it seems to be switched off once the heart is fully developed. |
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