The conduction system in sudden death in Alaskan sled dogs during the Iditarod race and/or during training

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3 I, 1997, Pages 654-663

  Bharati, Saroja ^a,b,c,g   Cantor, Glenn H ^d   Leach III, James B ^f   Schmidt, Karin E ^f   Blake, John ^e  

^a ADVOCATE CHRIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^f Intl Sled Dog Vet Med Association   (United States)

^g Maurice Lev Congenital Heart C   (United States)

Author keywords

conduction system in sled dogs; conduction system in sudden death; sudden death in sled dogs

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DOG; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HIS BUNDLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SINUS NODE; SUDDEN DEATH; TRAINING;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM;

EID: 0030948217     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb03884.x     Document Type: Article

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