Theoretical Evaluation of the Rosenblueth Hypothesis

Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1988, Pages 1250-1261

  MALIK, MAREK ^a   WARD, DAVID ^a   CAMM, A JOHN ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

alternating tachycardia; atrial premature beats; atrioventricular conduction; computer modelling; Wenckebach periodicity

Indexed keywords

ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; BOOK; HEART RETROGRADE CONDUCTION; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA;

ATRIAL FUNCTION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CARDIAC COMPLEXES, PREMATURE; EVALUATION STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REFRACTORY PERIOD, NEUROLOGIC; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0024203894     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1988.tb03985.x     Document Type: Article

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