Electrophysiological differences between the epicardium and the endocardium of the left atrium

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-46

  Michowitz, Yoav ^a   Nakahara, Shiro ^a   Bourke, Tara ^a   Buch, Eric ^a   Vaseghi, Marmar ^a   De Diego, Carlos ^a   Wiener, Isaac ^a   Mahajan, Aman ^a   Shivkumar, Kalyanam ^a  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

animal studies; electrophysiology clinical

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART PACING; NONHUMAN; SWINE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATRIAL FUNCTION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; PERICARDIUM; SWINE;

EID: 78651284891     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2010.02892.x     Document Type: Article

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