Fast pacing facilitates discontinuous action potential propagation between rabbit atrial cells

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 279, Issue 5 48-5, 2000, Pages

  Wang, Yang Gan ^a   Wagner, Mary B ^a   Kumar, Rajiv ^a   Goolsby, William N ^a   Joyner, Ronald W ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Electrophysiology; Heart

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FACILITATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HEART PACING; HEART REPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0033667128     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2000.279.5.h2095     Document Type: Article

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