Origin of the sinus impulse

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 263-274

  Schuessler, Richard B ^a   Boineau, John P ^a   Bromberg, Burt I ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

atrium; heart rate; impulse origin; sinoartrial conduction; sinus node; subsidiary pacemakers

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MICROELECTRODE; MODEL; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; NONHUMAN; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINOATRIAL CONDUCTION; SINUS NODE;

EID: 0029945949     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1996.tb00524.x     Document Type: Article

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