Effect of Sustained Load on Dispersion of Ventricular Repolarization and Conduction Time in the Isolated Intact Rabbit Heart

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-16

  Zabel, Markus ^a   Portnoy, Stuart ^a   Franz, Michael R ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Experimental studies; Mechanical load; Monophasic action potentials

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART STRESS; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HEART VENTRICLE WORK; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; RABBITS; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 0030021518     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1996.tb00455.x     Document Type: Article

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