Arrhythmogenic difference between the left and right atria in a canine ventricular pacing-induced heart failure model of atrial fibrillation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 188-195

  Tai, Ching Tai ^a   Lo, Li Wei ^a   Lin, Yenn Jiang ^a   Chen, Shih Ann ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

activation mapping; atrial fibrillation; heart failure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; NONCONTACT MAPPING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PULMONARY VEIN; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SINUS NODE;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS;

EID: 84863018923     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2011.03250.x     Document Type: Article

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