Evolution of the organization of epicardial activation patterns during ventricular fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1291-1304

  Huang, Jian ^a   Rogers, Jack M ^a   Kenknight, Bruce H ^b   Rollins, Dennis L ^a   Smith, William M ^a   Ideker, Raymond E ^a,c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation fronts; Cardiac mapping

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

EID: 0031648537     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1998.tb00105.x     Document Type: Article

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