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Cardiac electrophysiology, wet lab techniques, biochemistry, protocols, coursework, books, and so on.

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PhD Written Qualifying Exam - Cardiac Electrophysiology

At the end of my 2nd year of Cardiovascular Engineering PhD, I took an 8-hour Written Exam covering Cellular Electrophysiology, Bioelectricity, and Systems Physiology (Cardiovascular System). Major topics included Cardiac Electrophysiology with a focus on Ion Channels, Cell-cell Coupling, Gap Junctions, Excitation-Contraction Coupling, Muscle Contraction, and ECG.

After months of collecting, organizing, and creating materials for this exam, it feels wasteful to keep them exclusively to myself. I'm sharing them here hoping that if you're struggling with Cardiac Electrophysiology, you might find these resources useful:

  • My ultimate "weapon": 184-page random questions with answers (contact me if you need an MS Word file)

  • Book – Bioelectromagnetism: Principles and Applications of Bioelectric and Biomagnetic Fields, by Jaakko Malmivuo, Robert Plonsey

  • Book – Bioelectricity: A Quantitative Approach, by Robert Plonsey, Roger C. Barr

  • And other materials not for public dissemination (Contact me if you need...)

Experiments Related

Though I am an engineering student, my research focuses on molecular biology, specifically basic cell biology. The materials I work with primarily involve wet lab techniques: