Slow:fast and slow:slow AV nodal reentry in the rabbit resulting from longitudinal dissociation within the posterior AV nodal input

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 93-102

  Patterson, Eugene ^a   Scherlag, Benjamin J ^a  

^a 6E 103 UH CARI ^*

Author keywords

Arrhythmia (mechanisms); Av node; Conduction system; Electrophysiology; Experimental; Heart; Impulse formation; Multicellular; Supraventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; TACHYCARDIA;

ANIMALS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; MALE; RABBITS; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY;

EID: 0038208087     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023600615459     Document Type: Article

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