THE RESPONSE OF THE SINO-ATRIAL NODE TO RAPID ATRIAL STIMULATION

Atrial tachycardia secondary to sino-atrial node reentry.

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Effects of barium on membrane potentials of the sino-atrial node in response to sympathetic nerve stimulation.

Responses of the sino-atrial node to change in pressure in the sinus node artery.

The sino-atrial node area was perfused selectively through the right atrial artery in 76 dogs. The relationship between changes in the blood pressure in this artery and sinus node rhythmicity was studied in 56 hearts in which the major blood supply to the sinus node artery came from the right atrial artery. A reciprocal relation was observed between changes of blood pressure in the sinus node a...

Pacemaker mechanism of porcine sino-atrial node cells.

In cardiac sino-atrial node (SAN) cells, time- and voltage-dependent changes in the gating of various ionic currents provide spontaneous, stable and repetitive firing of action potentials. To address the ionic nature of the species-dependent heart rate, action potentials and membrane currents were recorded in single cells dissociated from the porcine SAN, and compared with those from SAN cells ...

Selective autonomic stimulation of the AV node fat pad to control rapid post-operative atrial arrhythmias

Junctional ectopic tachycardia (JET) and atrial fibrillation (AF) occur in patients recovering from open-heart surgery (OHS). Pharmacologic treatment is used for the control of post-operative atrial arrhythmias (POAA), but is associated with side effects. There is a need for a reversible, modulated solution to rate control. We propose a non-pharmacologic technique that can modulate AV nodal con...