Self-organization and the dynamical nature of ventricular fibrillation

Chaos

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-93

  Jalife, José ^a   Gray, Richard A ^b   Morley, Gregory E ^a   Davidenko, Jorge M ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b and Radiation Oncology   (United States)

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EID: 0002634604     PISSN: 10541500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.166289     Document Type: Article

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