Induction of ventricular fibrillation by T-wave field-shocks in the isolated perfused rabbit heart: Role of nonuniform shock responses

Basic Research in Cardiology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-44

  Kirchhof, P F ^a,b   Fabritz, C L ^a,b   Behrens, S ^a   Franz, M R ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dispersion of ventricular repolarization; Monophasic action potential; T wave shock; Upper limit of vulnerability; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; ISOLATED HEART; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; T WAVE;

EID: 0031046279     PISSN: 03008428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00803755     Document Type: Article

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