Unequal atrial stretch in dogs increases dispersion of refractoriness conducive to developing atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 833-842

  Satoh, Tadashi ^a   Zipes, Douglas P ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial refractoriness; contraction excitation feedback; regional atrial stretch; thick region; thin region

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DOG; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPOLARIZATION; SINUS RHYTHM;

EID: 0029841352     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1996.tb00596.x     Document Type: Article

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