Collaborative team first to identify the perinexus in the human heart

(Virginia Tech) A collaborative research team is on a quest to collapse a tiny pocket between cardiac cells that can cause big problems. Called the perinexus, the structure spans only tenths of a millimeter -- all the space it needs to disrupt a person's heartbeat. The researchers were the first to identify the perinexus in humans. They published their results this month in Frontiers in Physiology.
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