Opposite effects of myocardial stretch and verapamil on the complexity of the ventricular fibrillatory pattern: An experimental study

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 11 I, 2000, Pages 1594-1603

  Chorro, Francisco J ^a   Canoves, JoaquÍn ^a   Guerrero, Juan ^b   Mainar, Luis ^a   Sanchis, Juan ^a   Soria, Emilio ^b   Such, Luis M ^a   Rosado, Alfredo ^b   Such, Luis ^b   LÓPEZ MERINO, Vicente ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Mapping; Stretch; Ventricular fibrillation; Verapamil

Indexed keywords

VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART DILATATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ELECTRODES; HEART VENTRICLES; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIUM; RABBITS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 0033634957     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2000.01594.x     Document Type: Article

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