Mechanism of ventricular defibrillation: The role of tissue geometry in the changes in transmembrane potential in patterned myocyte cultures

Circulation

Volumn 101, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 2438-2445

  Gillis, Anne M ^b   Fast, Vladimir G ^a   Rohr, Stephan ^a   Kléber, André G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Defibrillation; Mapping; Myocytes; Potentials

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEPOLARIZATION; GEOMETRY; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HYPERPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPOLARIZATION;

EID: 0034705009     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.101.20.2438     Document Type: Article

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