Electrical heterogeneity and arrhythmogenesis: Importance of conduction velocity dispersion

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 795-803

  Sims, J Jason ^a   Miller, Allison W ^b   Ujhelyi, Michael R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Fibrillation; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; SOTALOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ARRHYTHMIA; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; INFUSION PUMPS; LIDOCAINE; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SOTALOL; SWINE; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0037407630     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005344-200305000-00018     Document Type: Article

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