Is there an optimal pacing site to prevent atrial fibrillation?: An experimental study in the chronically instrumented goat

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1264-1271

  Duytschaever, Mattias ^a   Danse, Peter ^a   Eysbouts, Sabine ^a   Allessie, Maurits ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Fibrillation; Pacing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART STIMULATION; HIS BUNDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

EID: 0036936961     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2002.01264.x     Document Type: Article

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