Significance of the morphological patterns of electrograms recorded during ventricular fibrillation: An experimental study

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1262-1269

  Chorro, Francisco J ^a   Ferrero, Angel ^a   Canoves, Joaquín ^a   Mainar, Luis ^a   Porres, Juan C ^a   Navarro, Alejandro ^a   Sanchis, Juan ^a   Millet, José ^b   Bodí, Vicente ^a   López Merino, Vicente ^a   Such, Luis ^c  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cardiac electrophysiology; Electrograms; Mapping; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; ISOLATED HEART; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; Q WAVE; R WAVE; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RABBITS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0037728762     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.t01-1-00178.x     Document Type: Article

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