A mechanism of transition from ventricular fibrillation to tachycardia: Effect of calcium channel blockade on the dynamics of rotating waves

Circulation Research

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 684-691

  Samie, Faramarz H ^a   Mandapati, Ravi ^a   Gray, Richard A ^b   Watanabe, Yoshio ^c   Zuur, Charlotte ^a   Beaumont, Jacques ^a   Jalife, José ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Fibrillation; Optical mapping; Tachycardia; Verapamil

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; VERAPAMIL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0034737502     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.86.6.684     Document Type: Article

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