Identifying and understanding the role of pulmonary vein activity in atrial fibrillation

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 387-394

  Khan, R ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial fibrosis; Atrial remodeling; Pulmonary veins

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART AUTOMATICITY; HEART BEAT; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; REFRACTORY PERIOD; REVIEW; SINUS NODE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 8644257542     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.07.025     Document Type: Review

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