Experimental model of inappropriate sinus tachycardia: Initiation and ablation

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-29

  Scherlag, Benjamin J ^a,b   Yamanashi, William S ^a   Amin, Rohit ^a   Lazzara, Ralph ^a   Jackman, Warren M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Department of Cardiac Arrhythmias ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenergic agonists; Autonomic nervous system; Blood pressure; Heart rate; Sinus tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; FORMALDEHYDE; ISOPRENALINE; PHENOBARBITAL;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC GANGLION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRADYCARDIA; CORE TEMPERATURE; DOG; DRUG RESPONSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HIS BUNDLE; NONHUMAN; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SINUS NODE; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TACHYCARDIA; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ANIMALS; CATECHOLAMINES; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINOATRIAL NODE; TACHYCARDIA, SINUS;

EID: 20844457468     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-005-1045-z     Document Type: Article

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