{"644636":{"#nid":"644636","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Antiarrhythmic Protection: Alligator Hearts Keep Beating No Matter What","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis SciTechDaily item is a reprint of a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/study-finds-alligator-hearts-keep-beating-no-matter-what\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech news\u0026nbsp;release \u003C\/a\u003Eon School of Physics Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/flavio-fenton\u0022\u003EFlavio Fenton\u003C\/a\u003E and his continuing research into electric cardio signals and arrhythmias.\u0026nbsp;In a study Fenton co-authored, it was\u0026nbsp;found that alligator hearts don\u0026#39;t suffer from fibrillations (irregular heartbeats) in the same way that humans do. (The title of Fenton\u0026#39;s research paper?\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;Defibrillate you later, alligator; Q10 scaling and refractoriness keeps alligators from fibrillation.\u0026quot;) The study is also highlighted in this \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2021-02-alligator-hearts.html\u0022\u003EPhys.or\u003C\/a\u003Eg story.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-02-24 18:49:47","changed_gmt":"2021-02-24 19:19:44","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Title IX logo","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/antiarrhythmic-protection-alligator-hearts-keep-beating-no-matter-what\/","dateline":{"date":"2021-02-22T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2021-02-22T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"112191","name":"Flavio Fenton"},{"id":"186974","name":"arrhythmias"},{"id":"186975","name":"cardiac signals"},{"id":"174315","name":"fibrillation"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}