Scaling of atrioventricular transmission in mammalian species: An evolutionary riddle!

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 826-830

  Meijler, Frits L ^a,b   Strackee, J A N ^c   Stokhof, Arnold A ^d   Wassenaar, Claes ^e  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b University of Amsterdam ^*  (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comparative atrioventricular transmission; Evolution; Mammalian heart; Scaling

Indexed keywords

ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; EXERCISE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SIZE; MAMMAL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HISTOLOGY; NEWBORN; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; MAMMALS; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY, COMPARATIVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0036667621     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2002.00826.x     Document Type: Review

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