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Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 215-223

  Oliveira, Mário ^a   Postolache, Gabriela ^b   Geraldes, Vera ^b   Silva, Vítor ^b   Laranjo, Sérgio ^b   Tavares, Cristiano ^b   Da Silva, M Nogueira ^a   Ferreira, Rui ^a   Rocha, Isabel ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARTA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Animal model; Atrial fibrillation; Conduction velocity; Refractoriness; Sympathetic; Vagus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; PULMONARY VEIN; SINUS RHYTHM; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; SYMPATHETIC TRUNK; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84860545652     PISSN: 08702551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.repc.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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