Advances in Rabbits Cardiac Electrophysiology

Dear Colleagues,

The rabbit is an animal that has been used in various fields of scientific research (microbiology, immunology, physiology, pathophysiology, adaptations due to physical exercise, etc.). Its characteristics are interesting in relation to cardiovascular physiology and specifically to properties that do not depend on central nervous control or humoral factors. Electrophysiologically, rabbits present an automatism that exhibits pauses in the recovery time of the sinus node after having subjected the rabbit to stimulation training and is susceptible to modifications caused by chronic physical exercise. The conduction system towards the ventricles presents nodal delays and not only orthodromic conduction, but also retrograde atrial ventricle conduction, which allows a detailed analysis of the behaviour of the conduction system to be carried out in a physiological situation and in atrial and ventricular fibrillation. The ventricular myocardium exhibits very little inhomogeneity in the dispersion of functional refractory periods and repolarization. The rabbit is an ideal model for examining the effects of aerobic training, and by using the appropriate exercise intensity, duration, and frequency, a cardiovascular training effect can easily be obtained.

The objective of this Special Issue is to gather the most recent advances in the knowledge of the cardiac electrophysiology of rabbits in one publication.

Dr. Luis Such-Miquel
Dr. Luis Such Belenguer
Guest Editors

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• rabbits
• heart
• cardiac electrophysiology
• health
• training
• exercise