“…To observe arrhythmias (ventricular extrasystoles), the cells were bathed with 10 nM isoproterenol and stimulated with a 30-s pacing period (1.0 Hz), followed by a 30-s rest period [20,26]. Confocal imaging was performed using a Zeiss LSM510 confocal microscope (Carl Zeiss, Oberkochen, Germany) equipped with an argon laser (488 nm) and a 60 Â , 1.3 NA oil immersion objective set at axial and radial resolutions of 1.0 and 0.4 mm, respectively.…”