Ectopic atrial arrhythmias arising from canine thoracic veins during in vivo stellate ganglia stimulation

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 295, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Tan, Alex Y ^a   Zhou, Shengmei ^a   Byung, Chun Jung ^a   Ogawa, Masahiro ^a   Chen, Lan S ^c   Fishbein, Michael C ^d   Chen, Peng Sheng ^a,b,e  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial tachycardia; Autonomic nervous system; Computerized mapping; Electrophysiology; Sympathetic nerves

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; NORADRENALIN; ADRENALIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART BLOOD VESSEL; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS NODE; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; STAINING; STELLATE GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; THORACIC VEIN; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BLOOD; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PULMONARY VEIN; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; THORAX; TIME; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; DOGS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EPINEPHRINE; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NOREPINEPHRINE; PERIODIC ACID-SCHIFF REACTION; PULMONARY VEINS; SINOATRIAL NODE; STELLATE GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC FIBERS, POSTGANGLIONIC; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL; TACHYCARDIA, SINUS; THORAX; TIME FACTORS; VEINS;

EID: 52449122892     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01321.2007     Document Type: Article

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