Shock-induced dispersion of ventricular repolarization: Implications for the induction of ventricular fibrillation and the upper limit of vulnerability

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 998-1008

  Behrens, Steffen ^a,b   Li, Cuilan ^a   Fabritz, C Larissa ^a   Kirchhof, Paulus F ^a   Franz, Michael R ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dispersion of ventricular repolarization; T wave shock; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; ISOLATED HEART; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; T WAVE;

EID: 0030886954     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1997.tb00623.x     Document Type: Article

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