Inducibility of sustained ventricular tachycardia in a closed-chest ovine model of myocardial infarction

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4 I, 1999, Pages 605-614

  Reek, Sven ^a   Bicknell, Jeanette L ^a   Walcott, Gregory P ^a   Bishop, Sanford P ^a   Smith, William M ^a   Kay, G Neal ^a   Ideker, Raymond E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Volker Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Arrhythmia prevention; Myocardial infarction; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; PROCAINAMIDE; PROPRANOLOL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ANIMALS; BALLOON DILATATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VENTRICLES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; PULMONARY ARTERY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SHEEP; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032951931     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb00502.x     Document Type: Article

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