References
- Chen PS, Joung B, Shinohara T. The initiation of the heart beat. Circ J. 2009;74:221–225.
- Ronald WJ, Rajiv K, David AG, et al. Electrical interactions between a rabbit atrial cell and a nodal cell model. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 1998;274:2152–2162.
- Mandel WJ, Jordan JL, Karagueuzian HS. Disorders of sinus function. Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med. 1999;1:179–186.
- Schuessler RB. Abnormal sinus node function in clinical arrhythmias. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2003;14:215–217.
- Zhao J, Liu T, Li GP. Relationship between two arrhythmias: sinus node dysfunction and atrial fibrillation. Arch Med Res. 2014;45:351–355.
- Joung B, Lin SF, Chen ZH, Antoun PS. Mechanisms of sinoatrial node dysfunction in a canine model of pacing-induced atrial fibrillation. Heart Rhythm. 2010;7:88–95.
- Chang HY, Lin YJ, Lo LW. Sinus node dysfunction in atrial fibrillation patients: the evidence of regional atrial substrate remodelling. Europace. 2013;15:205–211.
- Fedorov VV, Chang R, Glukhov AV. Complex interactions between the sinoatrial node and atrium during reentrant arrhythmias in the canine heart. Circulation. 2010;122:782–789.
- Kodama I, Boyett MR, Suzuki R, et al. Regional differences in the response of the isolated sino-atrial node of the rabbit to vagal stimulation. J Physiol. 1996;495:785–801.
- Hilgemann DW, Noble D. Excitation-contraction coupling and extracellular calcium transients in rabbit atrium: reconstruction of basic cellular mechanisms. Proc R Soc Lond. 1987;230:163–205.
- Dobrzynski H, Li J, Tellez J, et al. Computer three-dimensional reconstruction of the sinoatrial node. Circulation. 2005;111:846–854.
- Li X, Zhang JQ, Shuai JW. Isoprenaline: a potential contributor in sick sinus syndrome-insights from a mathematical model of the rabbit sinoatrial node. Scientific World J. 2014;2014:540496. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/540496.
- Zhang H, Holden AV, Kodama I. Mathematical models of action potentials in the periphery and center of the rabbit sinoatrial node. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2000;279:397–421.
- Garny A, Kohl P, Hunter PJ, et al. One-dimensional rabbit sinoatrial node models: benefits and limitations. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2003;14:S121–S132.
- Zhang H, Lin SF, Yang Z. Vulnerability during short-term memory induced response in canine ventricle. Biomed Mater Eng. 2014;24:893–899.
- Zhang H, Zhang ZX, Yang L. Relevance of ventricular electrical dispersion to arrhythmogenesis in ischemic myocardium – a simulation study. Gen Physiol Biophys. 2005;24:365–380.
- Glynn P, Onal B, Hund TJ. Cycle length restitution in sinoatrial node cells: a theory for understanding spontaneous action potential dynamics. PLoS One. 2014; 9:e89049.
- Joyner RW, Wilders R, Wagner MB. Propagation of pacemaker activity. Med Biol Eng Comput. 2007;45:177–187.
- Demir SS, Clark JW, Murphey CR, et al. A mathematical model of a rabbit sinoatrial node cell. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 1994;266:C832–C852.
- Kirchhof CJ, Bonke FI, Allessie MA, et al. The influence of the atrial myocardium on impulse formation in the rabbit sinus node. Pflugers Arch. 1987;410:198–202.