Electrophysiological properties of the human atrium in atrial fibrillation

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 302-314

  Shimizu, Akihiko ^a   Centurion, Osmar Antonio ^a,b  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Sanatorio Migone Battilana   (Paraguay)

Author keywords

Antiarrhythmic agents; Arrhythmia (mechanisms); Mapping; Supraventr. arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

1 [2 (6 METHYL 2 PYRIDYL)ETHYL] 4 (4 METHYLSULFONYLAMINOBENZOYL)PIPERIDINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CIBENZOLINE; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 45; DILTIAZEM; DISOPYRAMIDE; FLECAINIDE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; PROCAINAMIDE; QUINIDINE; VERAPAMIL;

AGING; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; COMORBIDITY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOCARDIUM; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINUS NODE; SINUS RHYTHM; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS;

EID: 0036221962     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(02)00262-6     Document Type: Review

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