Title: Circus movement in rabbit atrial muscle as a mechanism of tachycardia. III. The "leading circle" concept: a new model of circus movement in cardiac tissue without the involvement of an anatomical obstacle.
Abstract: HomeCirculation ResearchVol. 41, No. 1Circus movement in rabbit atrial muscle as a mechanism of tachycardia. III. The "leading circle" concept: a new model of circus movement in cardiac tissue without the involvement of an anatomical obstacle. Free AccessAbstractPDF/EPUBAboutView PDFSections ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationsTrack citationsPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InMendeleyReddit Jump toFree AccessAbstractPDF/EPUBCircus movement in rabbit atrial muscle as a mechanism of tachycardia. III. The "leading circle" concept: a new model of circus movement in cardiac tissue without the involvement of an anatomical obstacle. M A Allessie, F I Bonke and F J Schopman M A AllessieM A Allessie Search for more papers by this author , F I BonkeF I Bonke Search for more papers by this author and F J SchopmanF J Schopman Search for more papers by this author Originally published1 Jul 1977https://doi.org/10.1161/01.RES.41.1.9Circulation Research. 1977;41:9–18 Previous Back to top Next FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited By Ono K, Iwasaki Y, Akao M, Ikeda T, Ishii K, Inden Y, Kusano K, Kobayashi Y, Koretsune Y, Sasano T, Sumitomo N, Takahashi N, Niwano S, Hagiwara N, Hisatome I, Furukawa T, Honjo H, Maruyama T, Murakawa Y, Yasaka M, Watanabe E, Aiba T, Amino M, Itoh H, Ogawa H, Okumura Y, Aoki-Kamiya C, Kishihara J, Kodani E, Komatsu T, Sakamoto Y, Satomi K, Shiga T, Shinohara T, Suzuki A, Suzuki S, Sekiguchi Y, Nagase S, Hayami N, Harada M, Fujino T, Makiyama T, Maruyama M, Miake J, Muraji S, Murata H, Morita N, Yokoshiki H, Yoshioka K, Yodogawa K, Inoue H, Okumura K, Kimura T, Tsutsui H and Shimizu W (2022) JCS/JHRS 2020 Guideline on Pharmacotherapy of Cardiac Arrhythmias, Circulation Journal, 10.1253/circj.CJ-20-1212, Online publication date: 11-Mar-2022. 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