Methods for determining the refractory period and excitable gap during persistent atrial fibrillation in the goat

Circulation

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 957-962

  Duytschaever, Mattias ^a   Mast, Frans ^a   Killian, Matthijs ^a   Blaauw, Yuri ^a   Wijffels, Maurits ^a   Allessie, Maurits ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Excitation; Fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; GOAT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD;

EID: 0035928752     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hc3401.093156     Document Type: Article

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