Atrial Function
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Subject Areas on Research
- A computer model of normal conduction in the human atria.
- A technique to inject microspheres into the left atrium of awake dogs without thoracotomy.
- ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 guidelines for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation: full text: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on practice guidelines and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 2001 guidelines for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation) developed in collaboration with the European Heart Rhythm Association and the Heart Rhythm Society.
- Antiarrhythmic drug action. Blockade of the inward sodium current.
- Atrial ejection force: a noninvasive assessment of atrial systolic function.
- Blockade of rabbit atrial sodium channels by lidocaine. Characterization of continuous and frequency-dependent blocking.
- Computer simulations of activation in an anatomically based model of the human ventricular conduction system.
- Effect of different epicardial ventricular pacing sites on left ventricular function in awake dogs.
- Electrical potential distribution surrounding the atria during depolarization and repolarization in the dog.
- Excitation sequences of the atrial septum and the AV node in isolated hearts of the dog and rabbit.
- G alpha(q)-coupled receptors in human atrium function through protein kinase C epsilon and delta.
- How does intermittent pacing modify the response to rapid ventricular pacing in experimental heart failure?
- Influence of activation site on measurements of myocardial inotropic reserve.
- Influence of right atrial pressure pulse on instantaneous vena caval blood flow.
- Isopotential body surface maps and their relationship to atrial potentials in the dog.
- Left atrial size: physiologic determinants and clinical applications.
- Ligand-induced overexpression of a constitutively active beta2-adrenergic receptor: pharmacological creation of a phenotype in transgenic mice.
- Mechanisms of atrial fibrillation and action of drugs used in its management.
- Meta-analysis of the effect of radiofrequency catheter ablation on left atrial size, volumes and function in patients with atrial fibrillation.
- Minimum energy single-shock internal atrial defibrillation in sheep.
- Multiple regional differences in cellular properties that regulate repolarization and contraction in the right atrium of adult and newborn dogs.
- Predictors and significance of atrial rhythm before and six months after percutaneous balloon mitral commissurotomy.
- Pressure and volume changes of the left ventricle in acute pericardial tamponade.
- Pressure-flow studies in man: effect of atrial systole on left ventricular function.
- Reappraisal of the use of inferior vena cava for estimating right atrial pressure.
- Regional vascular reserve in canine atria and ventricles during rest and exercise.
- Relationship of cardiac chamber volume to baroreflex activity in normal humans.
- Reproducing cardiac restitution properties using the Fenton-Karma membrane model.
- Response of atrial natriuretic factor to postural change in patients with heart failure versus subjects with normal hemodynamics.
- Spread of excitation from the atrium into thoracic veins in human beings and dogs.
- The discontinuous nature of propagation in normal canine cardiac muscle. Evidence for recurrent discontinuities of intracellular resistance that affect the membrane currents.
- The estimation of sinoatrial conduction time in rabbit heart by the constant atrial pacing technique.
- The functional role of structural complexities in the propagation of depolarization in the atrium of the dog. Cardiac conduction disturbances due to discontinuities of effective axial resistivity.
- The surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation. II. Intraoperative electrophysiologic mapping and description of the electrophysiologic basis of atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation.