The Sinus Node
Kluwer Academic Publishers (Verlag)
978-90-247-2064-4 (ISBN)
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Section one: Function and dysfunction of the sinus node.- Function and dysfunction of the sinus node: clinical studies in the evaluation of sinus node function.- Measurement of sinus node recovery time after atrial pacing.- Programmed atrial stimulation used for the calculation of sinoatrial conduction time (SACT) in man.- The pattern of the first and second return cycle after premature atrial stimulation.- Programmed atrial stimulation and rapid atrial pacing in patients with sinus pauses and sinoatrial exit block.- A new technique for measurement of sinoatrial conduction time.- Relevance of diagnostic atrial stimulation for pacemaker treatment in sinoatrial disease.- The response of the sinus node to premature stimulation of the atrium studied with microelectrodes in isolated atrial preparations of the rabbit heart.- Review of the significance of drugs in the sick sinus node syndrome.- Effect of propranolol on normal and abnormal sinus node function.- Dual effect of verapamil on sinus node function in man.- General conclusions: Limitations of sinus node function testing in patients with known or suspected sinus node disease.- Section two: Relation between structure and function of the sinus node.- The fine structure of the sinus node: a survey.- The development of the sinoatrial node.- Techniques and problems in correlating cellular electrophysiology and morphology in cardiac nodal tissues.- Ultrastructural and functional aspects of the rabbit sinoatrial node.- General comments.- Section three: Electrophysiology of the sinus node.- A general introduction about the current status of the electrophysiology of the sinus node.- Characterization of a two-component upstroke in the sinus node subsidiary pacemakers.- Pacemaker shifts in the sinus node: effects of vagal stimulation, temperature, and reduction of extracellular calcium.- Cardiac glycosides and pacemaker activity of the sinus node: a micro-electrode study on the isolated right atrium of the rabbit.- Effects of polarization and of inhibitors of ionic conductances on the action potentials of nodal and perinodal fibers in rabbit sinoatrial node.- The acceleratory action of the vagus on the sinus node.- General conclusions.- Section four: On the mechanism of pacemaking in the sinus node.- Ionic currents in rabbit sinoatrial node cells.- Fine structure of the small sinoatrial node specimen used for the voltage clamp experiment.- Membrane currents underlying rhythmic activity in frog sinus venosus.- Involvement of the chloride ions in the membrane currents underlying pacemaking activity in frog atrial trabeculae.- Which ions are important for the maintenance of the resting membrane potential of the cells of the sinoatrial node of the rabbit?.- Does spontaneous activity arise from phase 4 depolarization or from triggering?.- On the possible mechanism underlying spontaneous pacemaking.- General comments: ionic currents underlying spontaneous rhythm of the cardiac primary pacemaker cells.- Section five: Does the sinus node play a role in reentrant arrhythmias?.- Clinical evidence for sinus node reentry.- Sequence of atrial activation in patients with atrial echo beats.- Re-entry within the sinoatrial node as demonstrated by multiple micro-electrode recordings in the isolated rabbit heart.- Role of sinus node re-entry in the genesis of sustained cardiac arrhythmias.- General conclusions.- Literature Reference List.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 31.7.1978 |
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| Zusatzinfo | biography |
| Verlagsort | Dordrecht |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 1090 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Kardiologie / Angiologie |
| Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Physiologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 90-247-2064-8 / 9024720648 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-90-247-2064-4 / 9789024720644 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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