Electrical activity in Koch's triangle

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1065-1068

  Janse, Michiel J ^a,b   McGuire, Mark A ^a   Loh, Peter ^a   Thibault, Bernard ^a   Hocini, Mélèze ^a   De Bakker, Jacques M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular node; Koch's triangle; Reentrant circuit mapping

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART BEAT; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ISOLATED HEART; NONHUMAN; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SWINE; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY;

EID: 0031437203     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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