Regional differences in the recovery course of tachycardia-induced changes of atrial electrophysiological properties

Circulation

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1255-1264

  Lee, Shih Huang ^a   Lin, Fang Yue ^a   Yu, Wen Chung ^a   Cheng, Jun Jack ^a   Kuan, Peiliang ^a   Hung, Chi Ren ^a   Chang, Mau Song ^a   Chen, Shih Ann ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atrium; Electrophysiology; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0033537627     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.99.9.1255     Document Type: Article

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