Anatomic localization and autonomic modulation of atrioventricular junctional rhythm in failing human hearts

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 515-525

  Fedorov, Vadim V ^a   Ambrosi, Christina M ^a   Kostecki, Geran ^a   Hucker, William J ^a   Glukhov, Alexey V ^a   Wuskell, Joseph P ^b   Loew, Leslie M ^b   Moazami, Nader ^c   Efimov, Igor R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular node; Heart failure; His bundle; Junctional rhythm; Optical mapping

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ISOPRENALINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY SINUS; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HIS BUNDLE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DRUG EFFECT; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART PACING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; VOLTAGE SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BUNDLE OF HIS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; ISOPROTERENOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; VOLTAGE-SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING;

EID: 80054031873     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.111.962258     Document Type: Article

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