Spatiotemporal heterogeneity in the induction of ventricular fibrillation by rapid pacing: Importance of cardiac restitution properties

Circulation Research

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1318-1331

  Cao, Ji Min ^a   Qu, Zhilin ^a   Kim, Young Hoon ^a   Wu, Tsu Juey ^a   Garfinkel, Alan ^a   Weiss, James N ^a   Karagueuzian, Hrayr S ^a   Chen, Peng Sheng ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomical obstacles; Bifurcation; Chaos; Restitution curve; Wavebreak

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOG; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033546370     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.84.11.1318     Document Type: Article

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