Electrophysiology of a gap created on the canine atrium

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-9

  Yano, Kei ^a   Hirao, Kenzo ^a   Horikawa, Tomoe ^a   Tanaka, Michio ^b   Isobe, Mitsuaki ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN HIROO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Atrial mapping; Catheter ablation; Electrophysiology; Incisional macroreentrant tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ELECTROGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART CATHETER; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART PACING; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SINUS NODE CONDUCTION VELOCITY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; DOGS; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM;

EID: 33847119853     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-006-9059-8     Document Type: Article

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