Chaos and the transition to ventricular fibrillation: A new approach to antiarrhythmic drug evaluation

Circulation

Volumn 99, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 2819-2826

  Weiss, James N ^a   Garfinkel, Alan ^a   Karagueuzian, Hrayr S ^a   Qu, Zhilin ^a   Chen, Peng Sheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Death, sudden; Drugs; Dynamics; Fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG TARGETING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0033151558     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.99.21.2819     Document Type: Review

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