Transmembane potential properties of atrial cells at different sites of a spiral wave reentry: Cellular evidence for an excitable but nonexcited core

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 11 II, 1998, Pages 2360-2365

  Karagueuzian, Hrayr S ^a,b   Athill, Charles A ^a   Yashima, Masaaki ^a   Ikeda, Takanori ^a   Wu, Tsu Juey ^a   Mandel, William J ^a   Chen, Peng Sheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Core; Meandering; Reentry; Spiral wave

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CYTOLOGY; DOG; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION; DOGS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS;

EID: 0031724715     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb01182.x     Document Type: Article

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