Reentrant arrhythmias and their control in models of mammalian cardiac tissue

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL.1, 1999, Pages 76-83

  Biktashev, V N ^a,b   Holden, A V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Defibrillation; Reentry; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GUINEA PIG; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; WENCKEBACH PERIOD;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0033376397     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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