Experimental model for an ectopic focus coupled to ventricular cells

Circulation

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 833-841

  Kumar, Rajiv ^a   Wilders, Ronald ^b,c   Joyner, Ronald W ^a,d   Jongsma, Habo J ^b   Etienne Verheijck, E ^b,c   Golod, David A ^a   Van Ginneken, Antoni C G ^c   Goolsby, William N ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

action potentials; arrhythmia; electrophysiology; excitation; tachyarrhyt hmias

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GUINEA PIG; HEART AUTOMATICITY; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINOATRIAL CONDUCTION; SINUS NODE;

EID: 0029761823     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.94.4.833     Document Type: Article

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