Importance of refractoriness heterogeneity in the enhanced vulnerability to atrial fibrillation induction caused by tachycardia-induced atrial electrical remodeling

Circulation

Volumn 98, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 2202-2209

  Fareh, Samir ^a   Villemaire, Christine ^a   Nattel, Stanley ^a,b  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Fibrillation; Remodeling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0032541977     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.98.20.2202     Document Type: Article

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