Effects of atrial dilatation on refractory period and vulnerability to atrial fibrillation in the isolated Langendorff-perfused rabbit heart

Circulation

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1686-1695

  Ravelli, Flavia ^a   Allessie, Maurits ^b  

^a Centro Materiali e Biofisica Medica   (Italy)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Action potentials; Atrium; Fibrillation; Pressure; Tachyarrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

EID: 0030804511     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.96.5.1686     Document Type: Article

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