Direction-dependent conduction abnormalities in a canine model of atrial fibrillation due to chronic atrial dilatation

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 287, Issue 2 56-2, 2004, Pages

  Verheule, Sander ^a   Wilson, Emily ^a   Banthia, Smriti ^a   Everett IV, Thomas H ^a   Shanbhag, Sujata ^a   Sih, Haris J ^a   Olgin, Jeffrey E ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial conduction; Optical mapping

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DOGS; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; OPTICS; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2942643542     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00014.2004     Document Type: Article

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