Mechanism of arrhythmogenicity of the short-long cardiac sequence that precedes ventricular tachyarrhythmias in the long QT syndrome

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1415-1423

  El Sherif, Nabil ^a,c   Caref, Edward B ^b   Chinushi, Masaomi ^b   Restivo, Mark ^b  

^a Veterans Affairs Medical Center ^*

^b SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

^c SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HEART CYCLE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; LONG QT SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LONG QT SYNDROME; PEPTIDES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0033117020     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(98)00700-1     Document Type: Article

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