Sympathetic influences on electrical and mechanical alternans in the canine heat

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 854-860

  Euler, David E ^a   Guo, Hongsheng ^a   Olshansky, Brian ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial arrhythmias; autonomic nervous system; dog; mechanical alternans

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DOGS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HEART ATRIA; MALE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; SYMPATHOLYTICS; SYSTOLE; TIMOLOL; VENTRICULAR PRESSURE;

EID: 0030296540     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0008-6363(96)00151-4     Document Type: Article

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