Relation of the atrial input sites to the dual atrioventricular nodal pathways: Crossing of conduction curves generated with posterior and anterior pacing

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1133-1144

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

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrionodal inputs; Atrioventricular node; Conduction curves; Dual pathways

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HIS BUNDLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA;

EID: 0030874016     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1997.tb00999.x     Document Type: Article

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