Rapid pacing results in changes in atrial but not in ventricular refractoriness

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 287-290

  Schoonderwoerd, Bas A ^a   Van Gelder, Isabelle C ^a   Tieleman, Robert G ^a   Bel, Klaas J ^a   Crijns, Harry J G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Pacing; Remodeling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; GOAT; HEART ATRIUM EFFECTIVE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE EFFECTIVE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036214664     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2002.00287.x     Document Type: Article

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