Regional and functional factors determining induction and maintenance of atrial fibrillation in dogs

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 1 40-1, 1996, Pages

  Wang, J ^b   Liu, L ^b   Feng, J ^b   Nattel, S ^a  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

autonomic nervous system; cardiac arrhythmias; reentry; vagus nerves; wavelength

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0029760270     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1996.271.1.h148     Document Type: Article

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