Characteristics and mechanisms of the effects of heart rate history on transient AV nodal responses

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 270, Issue 6 39-6, 1996, Pages

  Zhao, Jie ^a   Billette, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

electrophysiology; hysteresis; nodal functional properties; nodal memory; rabbit; supraventricular tachyarrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RATE; HEART STIMULATION; HYSTERESIS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

EID: 33750828165     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1996.270.6.h2070     Document Type: Article

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