Role of progressive widening of the temporal excitable gap for perpetuation of atrial fibrillation in the goat

Circulation Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 655-663

  Shan, Zhaoliang ^a   Yan, Junjin ^a   Zhou, Junyan ^a   Shi, Xiangmin ^a   Guo, Jianping ^a   Yuan, Hongtao ^a   Allessie, Maurits A ^b   Wang, Yutang ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrium; Electrophysiology; Remodeling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOAT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; NONHUMAN; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; GOATS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77950662016     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-09-0596     Document Type: Article

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