Mechanisms of stretch-induced atrial fibrillation in the presence and the absence of adrenocholinergic stimulation: Interplay between rotors and focal discharges

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1009-1017

  Yamazaki, Masatoshi ^a,b   Vaquero, Luis M ^c   Hou, Luqia ^a   Campbell, Katherine ^a   Zlochiver, Sharon ^a   Klos, Matthew ^a   Mironov, Sergey ^a   Berenfeld, Omer ^a   Honjo, Haruo ^b   Kodama, Itsuo ^b   Jalife, José ^a   Kalifa, Jérôme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TELEFONICA RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adrenocholinergic stimulation; Atrial fibrillation; Optical mapping; Ryanodine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CAFFEINE; ISOPRENALINE; RYANODINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SHEEP;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEART; ISOPROTERENOL; SHEEP; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 67549141570     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.03.029     Document Type: Article

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