Induction of atrial tachycardia and fibrillation in the mouse heart

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 463-473

  Wakimoto, Hiroko ^a   Maguire, Colin T ^a   Kovoor, Pramesh ^a   Hammer, Peter E ^a   Gehrmann, Josef ^a   Triedman, John K ^a,b   Berul, Charles I ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia (mechanisms); Autonomic nervous system; Supraventr. arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CARBACHOL; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARBACHOL; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0035019807     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(01)00264-4     Document Type: Article

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