Effect of different pacing protocols on the induction of atrial fibrillation in a transvenously paced sheep model

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 925-932

  Willems, Rik ^a,b   Ector, Hugo ^a   Holemans, Patricia ^a   Van De Werf, Frans ^a   Heidbüchel, Hein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atrium; Electrophysiology; Fibrillation; Remodeling; Stretch

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; NONHUMAN; P WAVE; SHEEP; SINUS RHYTHM;

EID: 0034919162     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2001.00925.x     Document Type: Article

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