Spatiotemporal evolution of ventricular fibrillation

Nature

Volumn 392, Issue 6671, 1998, Pages 78-82

  Wltkowskl, Francis X ^a   Leon, L Joshua ^a   Penkoske, Patricia A ^b   Giles, Wayne R ^c   Spano, Mark L ^d   Dltto, William L ^e   Winfree, Arthur T ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EPICARDIUM; HEART DEATH; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; ISOLATED HEART; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE FIBER;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PERFUSION; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; VIDEO RECORDING;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032485502     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/32170     Document Type: Article

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