Epicardial ablation of rotors suppresses inducibility of acetylcholine-induced atrial fibrillation in left pulmonary vein-left atrium preparations in a beagle heart failure model

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 158-166

  Chou, Chung Chuan ^a   Chang, Po Cheng ^a   Wen, Ming Shien ^a   Lee, Hui Ling ^a   Chen, Tse Ching ^a   Yeh, San Jou ^a   Wu, Delon ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; optical mapping; rotors

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EPICARDIAL ROTOR ABLATION; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CATHETERIZATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; HEART ATRIA; HEART FAILURE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PERFUSION; PERICARDIUM; PULMONARY VEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959776671     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.02.045     Document Type: Article

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