Characteristics, circuit, mechanism, and ablation of reentry in the rabbit atrioventricular node

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 954-964

  Lin, Li Jen ^a   Billette, Jacques ^a   Khalife, Karim ^a   Martel, Karyne ^a   Wang, Jun ^a   Medkour, Djamila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ablation; AVNRT; Dual pathways; Perinodal activation; Reentry; Supraventricular tachyarrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RHYTHM; HIS BUNDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; REFRACTORY PERIOD; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0033060651     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1999.tb01266.x     Document Type: Article

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