Activation delay after premature stimulation in chronically diseased human myocardium relates to the architecture of interstitial fibrosis

Circulation

Volumn 104, Issue 25, 2001, Pages 3069-3075

  Kawara, Tokuhiro ^d   Derksen, Richard ^c   De Groot, Joris R ^a,b   Coronel, Ruben ^a,b   Tasseron, Sara ^a,b   Linnenbank, André C ^a,b   Hauer, Richard N W ^c   Kirkels, Hans ^c   Janse, Michiel J ^a,b   De Bakker, Jacques M T ^b,e  

^a Laboratory for Physiology   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Arrhythmia; Collagen; Conduction; Mapping

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART STIMULATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; ISOLATED HEART; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035910104     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hc5001.100833     Document Type: Article

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