Electrophysiology of ventricular fibrillation and defibrillation

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 11 SUPPL., 2000, Pages

  Jones, J L ^a   Tovar, O H ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Defibrillation; Electrophysiology; Extension of refractoriness hypothesis; Fibrillation frequency; Ischemia; Isolated rabbit heart; Out of hospital resuscitation; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; DEFIBRILLATION; DIASTOLE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0033678805     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200011001-00013     Document Type: Review

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