Functional mechanisms underlying tachycardia-induced sustained atrial fibrillation in a chronic dog model

Circulation

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4027-4035

  Gaspo, Rania ^a,b   Bosch, Ralph F ^a,b   Talajic, Mario ^a,b   Nattel, Stanley ^a,b,c  

^a Research Center   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Conduction; Electrocardiography; Pacing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART CYCLE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0030686444     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.96.11.4027     Document Type: Article

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