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Cardiotoxicity studies using freshly isolated calcium-tolerant cardiomyocytes from adult rat

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Remião, F., Carmo, H., Carvalho, F. et al. Cardiotoxicity studies using freshly isolated calcium-tolerant cardiomyocytes from adult rat. In Vitro Cell.Dev.Biol.-Animal 37, 1–4 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1290/1071-2690(2001)037<0001:CSUFIC>2.0.CO;2

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