Electrical connections between left superior pulmonary vein, left atrium, and ligament of Marshall: Implications for mechanisms of atrial fibrillation

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 290, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Tan, Alex Y ^a   Chou, Chung Chuan ^a   Zhou, Shengmei ^a   Nihei, Motoki ^a   Hwang, Chun ^b   Peter, C Thomas ^a   Fishbein, Michael C ^c   Chen, Peng Sheng ^a,d  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UTAH VALLEY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CSMC   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Pathology; Pulmonary veins

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SINUS RHYTHM; TISSUE SECTION; ANIMAL; DOG; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART PACING; LIGAMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DOGS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; LIGAMENTS; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 33644810431     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00369.2005     Document Type: Article

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