Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation induced with vagal activity in patients without obvious heart disease

Circulation

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2277-2285

  Kasanuki, Hiroshi ^a   Ohnishi, Satoshi ^b   Ohtuka, Masato ^b   Matsuda, Naoki ^b   Nirei, Takashi ^b   Isogai, Reiko ^b   Shoda, Morio ^b   Toyoshima, Yukari ^b   Hosoda, Saichi ^b  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

autonomic; bundle branch; electrical stimulation; fibrillation; nervous system; reentry; vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ATROPINE; BEPRIDIL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DILTIAZEM; DISOPYRAMIDE; EDROPHONIUM; FLECAINIDE; ISOPRENALINE; MEXILETINE; PROCAINAMIDE; PROPAFENONE; PROPRANOLOL; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERVENTILATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R WAVE; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0030972925     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.95.9.2277     Document Type: Article

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