Mechanism of atrioventricular nodal facilitation in rabbit heart: Role of proximal AV node

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 4 42-4, 1997, Pages

  Mazgalev, Todor ^a   Mowrey, Kent ^a   Efimov, Igor ^a   Fahy, Gerard J ^a   Van Wagoner, David ^a   Cheng, Yuanna ^a   Tchou, Patrick J ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterograde conduction; Intrinsic atrioventricular nodal properties; Microelectrode recording; Pacing protocol

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART PACING; HIS BUNDLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

EID: 0030695057     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.273.4.h1658     Document Type: Article

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