Characteristics of wave fronts during ventricular fibrillation in human hearts with dilated cardiomyopathy: Role of increased fibrosis in the generation of reentry

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 187-196

  Wu, Tsu Juey ^a,b   Ong, James J C ^a   Hwang, Chun ^a   Lee, John J ^a   Fishbein, Michael C ^a   Czer, Lawrence ^a   Trento, Alfredo ^a   Blanche, Carlos ^a   Kass, Robert M ^a   Mandel, William J ^a   Karagueuzian, Hrayr S ^a   Chen, Peng Sheng ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPTOPRIL; DIGOXIN; ENALAPRIL; FUROSEMIDE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEART DILATATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; WAVEFORM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; ENDOMYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; PERFUSION; PERICARDIUM; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0032127222     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(98)00184-3     Document Type: Article

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