Increased dispersion of repolarization time determined by monophasic action potentials in two patients with familial idiopathic ventricular fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 74-83

  Matsuo, Kiyotaka ^a   Shimizu, Wataru ^a,b   Kurita, Takashi ^a   Suyama, Kazuhiro ^a   Aihara, Naohiko ^a   Kamakura, Shiro ^a   Shimomura, Katsuro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b MASONIC MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potential duration; Activation time; Dispersion; Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation; Monophasic action potential; Repolarization time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT;

EID: 0031885465     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1998.tb00869.x     Document Type: Article

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