Transmembrane potential properties at the core of functional reentrant wave fronts in isolated canine right atria

Circulation

Volumn 98, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 1556-1567

  Athill, Charles A ^c   Ikeda, Takanori ^c   Kim, Young Hoon ^c   Wu, Tsu Juey ^c   Fishbein, Michael C ^a   Karagueuzian, Hrayr S ^c   Chen, Peng Sheng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrium; Electrophysiology; Tachycardia; Waves

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DOG; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA;

EID: 0032514606     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.98.15.1556     Document Type: Article

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