Cholinergic atrial fibrillation: IK,ACh gradients determine unequal left/right atrial frequencies and rotor dynamics

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 863-873

  Sarmast, Farzad ^a   Kolli, Arun ^a   Zaitsev, Alexey ^a   Parisian, Keely ^a   Dhamoon, Amit S ^a   Guha, Prabal K ^a   Warren, Mark ^a   Anumonwo, Justus M B ^a   Taffet, Steven M ^a   Berenfeld, Omer ^a   Jalife, José ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Arrhythmia (mechanisms); Atrial function; K channel; Mapping

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; MESSENGER RNA; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; ISOLATED HEART; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; SHEEP; VIDEORECORDING;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIA; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PERFUSION; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SHEEP; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 12144291196     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00540-6     Document Type: Article

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