Impaired Longitudinal Conduction in Crista Terminalis is Necessary for Sustenance of Experimental Atrial Flutter

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2008-2015

  Kobayashi, Takao ^a   Kimura, Masaomi ^a   Owada, Shingen ^a   Ashikaga, Keiichi ^a   Sasaki, Shingo ^a   Higuma, Takumi ^a   Iwasa, Atsushi ^a   Kamata, Yoshimasa ^a   Motomura, Shigeru ^a   Okumura, Ken ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Crista terminalis; Reentry; Slow conduction

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOG; ELECTRODE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX SURGERY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; DOGS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; TRICUSPID VALVE; VENAE CAVAE;

EID: 10744230260     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00310.x     Document Type: Article

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