Two types of ventricular fibrillation in isolated rabbit hearts: Importance of excitability and action potential duration restitution

Circulation

Volumn 106, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 1859-1866

  Wu, Tsu Juey ^a   Lin, Shien Fong ^b   Weiss, James N ^c   Ting, Chih Tai ^a   Chen, Peng Sheng ^b  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Fibrillation; Mapping; Ventricles

Indexed keywords

TETRODOTOXIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART MUSCLE EXCITABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; ISOLATED HEART; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FLUORESCENT DYES; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GALLOPAMIL; HEART; LIGHT; OPTICS; PYRIDINIUM COMPOUNDS; RABBITS; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TETRODOTOXIN; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0036788545     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000031334.49170.FB     Document Type: Article

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