Passive pericardial constraint protects against stretch-induced vulnerability to atrial fibrillation in rabbits

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 291, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Ninio, Daniel M ^a   Saint, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrial refractory period; Langendorff; Mechanoelectric feedback

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANNULA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART PACING; HEART PERFUSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RABBIT; VEIN LIGATION;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PERFUSION; PERICARDIUM; PRESSURE; RABBITS; REFLEX, STRETCH; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33751178000     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01248.2005     Document Type: Article

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