Glycogen and the propensity for atrial fibrillation: Intrinsic anatomic differences in glycogen in the left and right atria in the goat heart

North American Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 510-515

  Embi, Abraham A ^a   Scherlag, Benjamin J ^b   Ritchey, Jerry W ^c  

^a Independent   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation wavefront; Atrial appendages; Atrial conduction; Atrial fi brillation; Glycogen concentration; Glycogen distribution

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIGITAL PHOTOMICROSCOPY; GOAT; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PROPENSITY SCORE;

EID: 84908085004     PISSN: 22501541     EISSN: 19472714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1947-2714.143282     Document Type: Article

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