Scaling structure of electrocardiographic waveform during prolonged ventricular fibrillation in swine

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 180-191

  Callaway, Clifton W ^a   Sherman, Lawrence D ^a   Scheatzle, Mark D ^b   Menegazzi, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Sudden death; Swine; Ventricular fibrillation; Waveform analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; NONHUMAN; SUDDEN DEATH; SWINE; TIME; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0033956159     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2000.tb00799.x     Document Type: Article

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