From mouse to whale: A universal scaling relation for the PR interval of the electrocardiogram of mammals

Circulation

Volumn 110, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 2802-2808

  Noujaim, Sami F ^a   Lucca, Elena ^a   Muñoz, Viviana ^a   Persaud, Dharmendra ^a   Berenfeld, Omer ^a   Meijler, Frits L ^b   Jalife, José ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular node; Conduction; Electrocardiography

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANALYTIC METHOD; AORTA; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MOVEMENT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAMMAL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PR INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS NODE; WHALE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FRACTALS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; ORGAN SIZE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY, COMPARATIVE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 8144226107     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000146785.15995.67     Document Type: Article

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