Atrial fibrillation: Onset and perpetuation

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 87-89

  Dukes McEwan, Joanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; FLECAINIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; QUINIDINE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORSE DISEASE; HUMAN; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; SINUS RHYTHM; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; HORSE; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; QUINIDINE;

EID: 0036716111     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/tvjl.2001.0705     Document Type: Editorial

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