Effects of anodal vs. cathodal pacing on the mechanical performance of the isolated rabbit heart

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1159-1164

  Thakral, Anshul ^a   Stein, Louis H ^a   Shenai, Mahesh ^a   Gramatikov, Boris I ^a   Thakor, Nitish V ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anodal pacing; Cardiac stimulation; Myocardial contraction; Pacing waveforms

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WORK; HEART PACING; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART STIMULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

EID: 0034495071     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2000.89.3.1159     Document Type: Article

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