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Atrial fibrillation as a self-sustaining arrhythmia independent of focal discharge

Gordon K. Moe, +1 more
- 01 Jul 1959 - 
- Vol. 58, Iss: 1, pp 59-70
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This article is published in American Heart Journal.The article was published on 1959-07-01. It has received 878 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Atrial fibrillation.

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Atrial Fibrillation Begets Atrial Fibrillation A Study in Awake Chronically Instrumented Goats

TL;DR: Artificial maintenance of AF leads to a marked shortening of AERP, a reversion of its physiological rate adaptation, and an increase in rate, inducibility and stability of AF.
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