Basic Electrophysiology of the Pulmonary Veins and Their Role in Atrial Fibrillation: Precipitators, Perpetuators, and Perplexers

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1372-1375

  Nattel, Stanley ^a,b  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM ION; DIGITALIS; LIOTHYRONINE; RYANODINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHLORIDE CURRENT; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIGITALIS INTOXICATION; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART AUTOMATICITY; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; NONHUMAN; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; REVIEW; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SINUS NODE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SODIUM CALCIUM EXCHANGE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 0347362505     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2003.03445.x     Document Type: Review

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