Relationship between local atrial fibrillation interval and refractory period in the isolated canine atrium

Circulation

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2961-2967

  Kim, Ki Bong ^a   Rodefeld, Mark D ^a   Schuessler, Richard B ^a   Cox, James L ^a   Boineau, John P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

atrium; electrophysiology; fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; REFRACTORY PERIOD; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0029800508     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.94.11.2961     Document Type: Article

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