Atrioventricular conduction with and without AV nodal delay: Two pathways to the bundle of His in the rabbit heart

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 293, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Hucker, William J ^a   Sharma, Vinod ^b   Nikolski, Vladimir P ^a,b   Efimov, Igor R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b MEDTRONIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular node; Dual pathway electrophysiology; Optical mapping; Resynchronization therapy; Slow pathway

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART EXCITATION; HEART STIMULATION; HIS BUNDLE; ISOLATED HEART; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATRIAL FUNCTION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; BUNDLE OF HIS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; PERFUSION; RABBITS; TIME FACTORS; TRICUSPID VALVE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 34547866500     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00115.2007     Document Type: Article

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