Complex interactions between the sinoatrial node and atrium during reentrant arrhythmias in the canine heart

Circulation

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 782-789

  Fedorov, Vadim V ^a   Chang, Roger ^a   Glukhov, Alexey V ^a   Kostecki, Geran ^a   Janks, Deborah ^a   Schuessler, Richard B ^b   Efimov, Igor R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial flutter; Isoproterenol; Mapping; Sinoatrial node

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ISOPRENALINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DOG; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SINUS NODE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; HEART ATRIUM; HEART PACING; INNERVATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DOGS; HEART ATRIA; ISOPROTERENOL; MODELS, ANIMAL; SINOATRIAL NODE;

EID: 77956643800     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.935288     Document Type: Article

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