Atrial tachyarrhythmias and repolarization changes induced by discrete activation of dorsal mediastinal cardiac nerves in canines

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 511-520

  Cardinal, René ^a   Armour, J Andrew ^a   Bouchard, Caroline ^a   Vermeulen, Michel ^a   Vinet, Alain ^a   Nadeau, Réginald ^a   Pagé, Pierre ^a,b  

^a Centre de Recherche Hopital Du Sacre Coeur de Montreal   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia mechanisms electrophysiology mapping; Autonomic; Nervous system; Tachyarrhythmias; Vagal stimulation

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHRONOTROPISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; HEART ATRIUM; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART NERVE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; LUNG VEIN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYCARDIA; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART RATE; INNERVATION; MEDIASTINUM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART RATE; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 78049517203     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.110.938050     Document Type: Article

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