Simultaneous Right Atrioventricular Pacing: A Novel Model to Study Atrial Remodeling and Fibrillation in the Setting of Heart Failure

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 254-262

  Laurent, Gabriel ^a   Moe, Gordon W ^a   Hu, Xudong ^a   Pui Sze So, Petsy ^b   Ramadeen, Andrew ^b   Leong Poi, Howard ^a   Doumanovskaia, Liia ^a   Konig, Andrea ^a   Trogadis, Judy ^a   Courtman, David ^a   Strauss, Bradley H ^c   Dorian, Paul ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; fibrosis; structural remodeling

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; GELATINASE B; NONFIBRILLAR COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART PACING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLLAGEN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYOCARDIUM; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROBABILITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 41149173250     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2007.10.021     Document Type: Article

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