Optical mapping of conduction patterns of normal and tachycardia-like excitations in the rat atrium

Japanese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 179-188

  Sakai, Tetsuro ^a   Hirota, Akihiko ^a,b   Momose Sato, Yoko ^a   Sato, Katsushige ^a   Kamino, Kohtaro ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial excitation; Conduction pattern; Multiple site optical recording; Re entry; Tachycardia like excitation

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART EXCITATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; RECORDING; TACHYCARDIA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATRIAL FUNCTION; CHOLINESTERASE REACTIVATORS; COLORING AGENTS; DIACETYL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; ORGAN PRESERVATION SOLUTIONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RHODANINE; TACHYCARDIA; THIAZOLIDINES;

EID: 0030976134     PISSN: 0021521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2170/jjphysiol.47.179     Document Type: Article

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