The effect of aging on the specialized conducting system: A telemetry ECG study in rats over a 6 month period

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Rossi, Stefano ^a   Fortunati, Ilaria ^a   Carnevali, Luca ^a   Baruffi, Silvana ^a   Mastorci, Francesca ^a   Trombini, Mimosa ^a   Sgoifo, Andrea ^a   Corradi, Domenico ^a   Callegari, Sergio ^b   Miragoli, Michele ^a,c   Macchi, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b Fidenza Hospital   (Italy)

^c HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; QRS COMPLEX; RAT; SENESCENCE; TELEMETRY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

RATTUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIAL MAPPING; HEART; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; RATS; TELEMETRY;

EID: 84911910051     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112697     Document Type: Article

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