Atrial and ventricular electrical and contractile remodeling and reverse remodeling owing to short-term pacing-induced atrial fibrillation in horses

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1353-1359

  De Clercq, Dominique ^a   Van Loon, G ^a   Tavernier, R ^b   Duchateau, L ^a   Deprez, Piet ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Burst pacing; Echocardiography; Pacemaker

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 57149089270     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2008.0202.x     Document Type: Article

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