Cholinergically mediated tachyarrhythmias induced by a single extrastimulus in the isolated canine right atrium

Circulation Research

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1992, Pages 1254-1267

  Schuessler, Richard B ^a,c   Grayson, Thomas M ^a   Bromberg, Burt I ^b   Cox, James L ^a   Boineau, John P ^a  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Multiple wavelet hypothesis; Reentrant tachyarrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART CYCLE; HEART RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; REFRACTORY PERIOD;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMAL; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DOGS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; RATS; REFRACTORY PERIOD, NEUROLOGIC; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0026736842     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.71.5.1254     Document Type: Article

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