Spontaneous pulmonary vein firing in man: Relationship to tachycardia-pause early afterdepolarizations and triggered arrhythmia in canine pulmonary veins in vitro

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1067-1075

  Patterson, Eugene ^a,c   Jackman, Warren M ^a   Beckman, Karen J ^a   Lazzara, Ralph ^a   Lockwood, Deborah ^a   Scherlag, Benjamin J ^a   Wu, Richard ^b   Po, Sunny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Cardiac Arrhythmia Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Calcium transient triggering; Cardiac electrophysiology; Pulmonary veins

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ATENOLOL; NORADRENALIN; RYANODINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE ENDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SINUS RHYTHM; TACHYCARDIA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 34548674434     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2007.00909.x     Document Type: Article

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