Atrial fibrillation: The mother rotor and its rebellious offspring take turns sustaining the family

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1018-1019

  Valderrábano, Miguel ^a  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CAFFEINE; ISOPRENALINE; RYANODINE;

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG MECHANISM; EDITORIAL; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROGNOSIS;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; HEART; HUMANS;

EID: 67549113621     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.04.019     Document Type: Editorial

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