Promotion of atrial fibrillation by heart failure in dogs: Atrial remodeling of a different sort

Circulation

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 87-95

  Li, Danshi ^a   Fareh, Samir ^a   Leung, Tack Ki ^a   Nattel, Stanley ^a,b  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antiarrhythmia agents; Arrhythmia; Conduction; Electrocardiology; Heart failure; Remodeling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033529394     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.100.1.87     Document Type: Article

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