An acute experimental model demonstrating 2 different forms of sustained atrial tachyarrhythmias

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 384-392

  Niu, Guodong ^c   Scherlag, Benjamin J ^a   Lu, Zhibing ^d   Ghias, Muhammad ^b   Zhang, Yuan ^e   Patterson, Eugene ^b   Dasari, Tarun W ^b   Zacharias, Soni ^b   Lazzara, Ralph ^b   Jackman, Warren M ^b   Po, Sunny S ^b  

^a Heart Rhythm Institute   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^e RENMIN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial tachyarrhythmia; Autonomic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; PROPAFENONE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DOG; ELECTRODE; ELECTROGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GANGLIONATED PLEXI; HEART; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PACING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; THORACOTOMY;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; PROPAFENONE; PULMONARY VEINS; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 70349275957     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.108.810689     Document Type: Article

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