Virtual electrode-induced positive and negative graded responses: New insights into fibrillation induction and defibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 756-763

  Trayanova, Natalia A ^a   Gray, Richard A ^b   Bourn, David W ^a   Eason, James C ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ACTIVITY; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODE; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CYCLE; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINUS RHYTHM; T WAVE; VIRTUAL ELECTRODE POLARIZATION;

EID: 0037487285     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2003.03042.x     Document Type: Review

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