Concepts of ventricular defibrillation

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 359, Issue 1783, 2001, Pages 1327-1337

  Trayanova, N ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Break excitation; Defibrillation; Re entry induction; Transmembrane potential; Virtual electrode polarization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000347574     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2001.0834     Document Type: Review

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