Shock-induced depolarization of refractory myocardium prevents wave- front propagation in defibrillation

Circulation Research

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 957-973

  Kwaku, Kevin F ^a   Dillon, Stephen M ^b,c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b PENN PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

defibrillation; optical mapping; rabbit heart; refractoriness; ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SHOCK;

EID: 0029911111     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.79.5.957     Document Type: Article

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