Optical mapping of tachycardia-like excitation evoked by pacing in the isolated rat atrium

Japanese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 593-599

  Sakai, Tetsuro ^a,b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Multiple site optical recording; Pacing; Tachycardia like excitation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART EXCITATION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART PACING; NONHUMAN; RAT; TACHYCARDIA;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FUNCTION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; MALE; OPTICS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 15744383132     PISSN: 0021521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2170/jjphysiol.54.593     Document Type: Article

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