Reentrant wave fronts in Wiggers' stage II ventricular fibrillation: Characteristics and mechanisms of termination and spontaneous regeneration

Circulation Research

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 660-675

  Lee, John J ^a,b   Kamjoo, Kamyar ^a   Hough, Dustan ^a   Hwang, Chun ^a   Fan, Wei ^a   Fishbein, Michael C ^a   Bonometti, Claudio ^a   Ikeda, Takanori ^a   Karagueuzian, Hrayr S ^a   Chen, Peng Sheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

core; Purkinje fibers; spiral wave; sudden cardiac death; vulnerable period

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE FIBER; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA;

EID: 0030009255     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.78.4.660     Document Type: Article

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