Static relationship of cycle length to reentrant circuit geometry

Circulation

Volumn 104, Issue 16, 2001, Pages 1946-1951

  Ciaccio, Edward J ^a,b   Costeas, Constantino ^a   Coromilas, James ^a   Wit, Andrew L ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Catheters; Reentry; Tachycardia; Ventricles

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE MODEL; DOG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPICARDIUM; GEOMETRY; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART CYCLE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RR INTERVAL; SINUS RHYTHM;

EID: 0035899950     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hc4101.097117     Document Type: Article

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