Effects of procainamide on wave-front dynamics during ventricular fibrillation in open-chest dogs

Circulation

Volumn 97, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 1828-1836

  Kwan, Yvonne Y ^a   Fan, Wei ^a   Hough, Dustan ^a   Lee, John J ^a   Fishbein, Michael C ^b   Karagueuzian, Hrayr S ^a   Chen, Peng Sheng ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Conduction; Fibrillation; Procainamide; Waves

Indexed keywords

PROCAINAMIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART CYCLE; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART STIMULATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA;

EID: 0032510653     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.97.18.1828     Document Type: Article

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