Steepness of the restitution curve: A slippery slope?

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1173-1175

  Ideker, Raymond E ^a   Rogers, Jack M ^a   Gray, Richard A ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; DOG; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART CYCLE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0036852256     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2002.01173.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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