Meandering and unstable reentrant wave fronts induced by acetylcholine in isolated canine right atrium

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 1 42-1, 1997, Pages

  Ikeda, Takanori ^a   Wu, Tsu Juey ^a   Uchida, Takumi ^a   Hough, Dustan ^a   Fishbein, Michael C ^b   Mandel, William J ^a   Chen, Peng Sheng ^a   Karagueuzian, Hrayr S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrium; Fibrillation; Mapping; Reentry; Waves

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE EXCITABILITY; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0030835407     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.273.1.h356     Document Type: Article

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