Temporal organization of atrial activity and irregular ventricular rhythm during spontaneous atrial fibrillation: An in vivo study in the horse

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 773-784

  Gelzer, Anna R M ^a,c   Moïse, N Sydney ^a   Vaidya, Dhananjay ^b   Wagner, Karin A ^a   Jalife, José ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Horse; Periodicity; Spectral analysis; Ventricular response

Indexed keywords

QUINIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RHYTHM; HORSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RR INTERVAL;

EID: 0033935956     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2000.tb00049.x     Document Type: Article

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