Effects of local ischemia and transient conduction blocks on the induction of cardiac reentries

International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos in Applied Sciences and Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1657-1664

  Bardou, Alain ^a   Achour, Soumeya ^a   Auger, Pierre ^b   Chassé, Jean Luc ^b  

^a HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

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EID: 0030238629     PISSN: 02181274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218127496001004     Document Type: Article

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