Role of epicardial QT intervals in the assessment of ventricular repolarisation dispersion

General Physiology and Biophysics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 213-220

  Wang, Lexin ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activation recovery interval; Cardiac electrophysiology; QT interval; Ventricular repolarisation

Indexed keywords

PENTOBARBITAL; PROCAINAMIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; ISOLATED HEART; NONHUMAN; QRS COMPLEX; QT INTERVAL; SHEEP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; PERICARDIUM; PROCAINAMIDE; SHEEP; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0142217942     PISSN: 02315882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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