Effect of sustained stretch on dispersion of ventricular fibrillation intervals in normal rabbit hearts

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 351-359

  Burton, Francis L ^a   Cobbe, Stuart M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Mapping; Rabbit; Refractoriness; Stretch

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART DILATATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; ISOLATED HEART; MALE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

EID: 0032146591     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(98)00092-3     Document Type: Article

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