Attachment of meandering reentrant wave fronts to anatomic obstacles in the atrium: Role of the obstacle size

Circulation Research

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 753-764

  Ikeda, Takanori ^a   Yashima, Masaaki ^a   Uchida, Takumi ^a   Hough, Dustan ^a   Fishbein, Michael C ^a   Mandel, William J ^a   Chen, Peng Sheng ^a   Karagueuzian, Hrayr S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Atrium; Mapping; Reentry; Source sink relationship

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DOG; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART CYCLE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0030698419     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.81.5.753     Document Type: Article

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