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MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA QUARTERLY
A Scientific Publication of the School of Medicine
Health Sciences Division of Virginia Commonwealth University
1973 • Volume Nine • Number One
CONTENTS
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Cardiac Arrhythmias
Sponsored by the Council on Clinical Cardiology, the American
Heart Association, the Tidewater Heart Association, and the Virginia
Heart Association
CHARLES
L. BAIRD, JR., M .D., Guest Editor
Conducting Pathways of the Human Heart
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FERGUS O'M. SHIEL, M.D.
FABIO GUTIERREZ, M .D .
Neural Effects on Cardiac Rate and Rhythm
H. PAGE MAUCK, JR., M.D.
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Introduction to the Phasic Effects of the Vagus on
Sinoatrial and Atrioventricular Nodes
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GoRDON
K. MoE, M .D., Ptt.D .
The Critical Use of the His Bundle Electrogram
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BENJAMIN J. SCHERLAG, PH.D.
Electrophysiology of Concealed Conduction
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NEIL MOORE, D .V . M . , PH.D., F.A .C.C.
Clinical Significance of Exit Block
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IRANY M. DE AZEVEDO, M.D.
YOSHIO WATANABE, M.D .
LEONARD S. DREIFUS, M.D.
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Reentry
GoRDON
K. MoE, M.D., PH.D.
The Gou aux-Ashman Phenomenon: His Bundle Recordings
BENJAMIN
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J. SCHERLAG, PH.D.
Mechanisms of Supraventricular Tachycardia
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BENJAMIN J. SCHERLAG, PH .D.
RALPH LAZZARA, M.D.
Some Mechanisms of Supraventricular Tachycardia
GoRDON
K.
MoE, M.D., PH.D.
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Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias
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BoRYS SuRAw1cz, M.D.
Pharmacology of Antiarrhythmics: Quinidine, BetaBlockers, Diphenylhydantoin, Bretylium
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ALBERT J. WASSERMAN, M .D .
JACK D . PROCTOR, M .D .
The Pharmacology and Clinical Use of Lidocaine and
Procainamide
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J. THOMAS BIGGER, JR., M.D.
ELSA-GRACE V. GIARDINA, M .D.
The Evaluation of the Sinoatrial Node Function in Man
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J. THOMAS BIGGER, JR., M .D.
HAROLD c. STRAUSS, M.D., C.M.
Mechanisms of A-V Block
LEONARD s. DREIFUS, M.D.
JosEPH M CMENAMIN, M .D.
DEMETRIS KIMBIRIS, M.D.
Microelectrode and His Bundle Studies on Type I and II
Second Degree A-V Block
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E. NEIL MOORE, D .V.M., PH.D ., F.A.C.C.
JosEPH F. SP EA R, PH.D.
Recent Studies in the Pre-Excitation Syndrome
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E. NEIL MOORE, D .V.M., Ptt.D., F.A.C.C.
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