Atrial Electrical Remodeling by Rapid Pacing in the Isolated Rabbit Heart: Effects of Ca++ and K+ Channel Blockade

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-23

  Wood, Mark A ^a   Caponi, Domenico ^a   Sykes, Ann M ^a   Wenger, Evan J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potential duration; Atrial fibrillation; Electrical remodeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342531864     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009752405126     Document Type: Article

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