Mechanism of spontaneous termination of functional reentry in isolated canine right atrium: Evidence for the presence of an excitable but nonexcited core

Circulation

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1962-1973

  Ikeda, Takanori ^c   Uchida, Takumi ^c   Hough, Dustan ^c   Lee, John J ^c   Fishbein, Michael C ^a   Mandel, William J ^c   Chen, Peng Sheng ^c   Karagueuzian, Hrayr S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

atrium; excitation; mapping; reentry; waves

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; DOG; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART EXCITATION; ISOLATED HEART; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029797083     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.94.8.1962     Document Type: Article

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