Method for simultaneous epicardial and endocardial mapping of in vivo canine heart: Application to atrial conduction properties and arrhythmia mechanisms

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 548-555

  Derakhchan, Katayoun ^a,b   Li, Danshi ^a   Courtemanche, Marc ^a   Smith, Benjamin ^b   Brouillette, Judith ^b   Pagé, Pierre L ^a,c   Nattel, Stanley ^a,b,c  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrhythmias; Cardiac conduction; Heart disease; Mapping; Reentrant mechanisms

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0034996233     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2001.00548.x     Document Type: Article

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