Effects of acute reduction of temperature on ventricular fibrillation activation patterns

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 283, Issue 6 52-6, 2002, Pages

  Chorro, Francisco J ^a   Guerrero, Juan ^b   Ferrero, Angel ^b   Tormos, Alvaro ^c   Mainar, Luis ^a   Millet, José ^b   Cánoves, Joaquín ^a   Porres, Juan C ^b   Sanchis, Juan ^a   López Merino, Vicente ^b   Such, Luis ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Defibrillation; Mapping; Spectral analysis; Ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HYPOTHERMIA; ISOLATED HEART; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0036890234     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00207.2002     Document Type: Article

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