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Isolation and Culture of Resident Cardiac Macrophages from the Murine Sinoatrial and Atrioventricular Node
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The enigmatic role of macrophages in cardiac electrical signalling
Robert G Gourdie1,2,3
1Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA, USA.
Cardiovascular Research
|December 11, 2021
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