Cellular mechanisms of vagally mediated atrial tachyarrhythmia in isolated arterially perfused canine right atria

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 918-926

  Hirose, Masamichi ^b   Carlson, Mark D ^c   Laurita, Kenneth R ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Action potential duration; Canine; Parasympathetic nerves; Pectinate muscle; Repolarization

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART PERFUSION; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VAGUS TONE;

EID: 0036741365     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2002.00918.x     Document Type: Article

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