Role of Compact Node and Posterior Extension in Direction-Dependent Changes in Atrioventricular Nodal Function in Rabbit

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1342-1350

  Reid, Marie Claude ^a   Billette, Jacques ^a   Khalife, Karim ^a   Tadros, Rafik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ablation; Anterograde conduction; Dual pathways; Refractoriness; Retrograde conduction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; ISOLATED HEART; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REFRACTORY PERIOD; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; RABBITS;

EID: 0346101491     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2003.03382.x     Document Type: Article

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