Selective functional properties of dual atrioventricular nodal inputs: Role in nodal conduction, refractoriness, summation, and rate-dependent function in rabbit heart

Circulation

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 824-832

  Amellal, Farid ^a   Billette, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

atrioventricular node; conduction; electrical stimulation; physiology; tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; ISOLATED HEART; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

EID: 0029776471     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.94.4.824     Document Type: Article

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