Mind the model: Effect of instrumentation on inducibility of atrial fibrillation in a sheep model

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 62-67

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

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b University Hospital Gasthuisberg ^*

Author keywords

Animal model; Atrial fibrillation; Autonomic innervation; Pericarditis; Remodeling; Stretch

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; INSTRUMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHEEP;

EID: 0036155036     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2002.00062.x     Document Type: Article

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