Enhanced dispersion of epicardial activation-recovery intervals at sites of histological inhomogeneity during regional cardiac ischaemia and reperfusion

Heart

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 474-480

  Gottwald, E ^b   Gottwald, M ^a   Dhein, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Epicardial activation recovery interval; Ischaemia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HISTOLOGY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

EID: 0031925796     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.79.5.474     Document Type: Article

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