ECG of the 'newborn' mouse (mus domesticus) with specific reference to comparative AV transmission

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 168-173

  Henk Van Der Tweel, L ^a   Strackee, Jan ^a   Stokhof, Arnold A ^b   Wassenaar, Claes ^c   Meijler, Frits L ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^d NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comparative A V transmission; Mouse; PR interval

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELEPHANT; HEART SIZE; HORSE; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PR INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WHALE;

EID: 0033045106     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1999.tb00658.x     Document Type: Article

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