Comparison of arrhythmogenicity of atrial pacing at several right atrial pacing sites: Evaluation of canine atrial electrograms during atrial pacing and arrhythmogenicity for atrial fibrillation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1918-1926

  Niwano, Shinichi ^a   Yamaura, Masayuki ^a   Washizuka, Takashi ^a   Tanabe, Yasutaka ^a   Furushima, Hiroshi ^a   Taneda, Koji ^a   Aizawa, Yoshifusa ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arrhythmogenicity; Atrial pacing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ELECTRODE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DOGS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031666087     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00011.x     Document Type: Article

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