Electrical conduction between the right atrium and the left atrium via the musculature of the coronary sinus

Circulation

Volumn 98, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 1790-1795

  Antz, Matthias ^b   Otomo, Kenichiro ^b   Arruda, Mauricio ^b   Scherlag, Benjamin J ^b   Pitha, Jan ^a   Tondo, Claudio ^b   Lazzara, Ralph ^b   Jackman, Warren M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potentials; Arrhythmia; Atrium; Conduction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; DOG; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; ISOLATED HEART; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032573113     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.98.17.1790     Document Type: Article

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