Effect of 60 minutes of rapid atrial pacing on atrial action potential duration in the in-situ canine heart

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 165-171

  Watanabe, Ichiro ^a   Masaki, Riko ^a   Nuo, Min ^a   Oshikawa, Naohiro ^a   Okubo, Kimie ^a   Okumura, Yasuo ^a   Ohya, Toshiyuki ^a   Yamada, Takeshi ^a   Saito, Satoshi ^a   Ozawa, Yukio ^a   Kanmatsuse, Katsuo ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Electrical alternans; Electrical remodeling; Monophasic action potential

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DOG; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART ATRIUM REMODELING; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DOGS; HEART ATRIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037711844     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023909019945     Document Type: Article

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