A Tale of Two Fibrillations

Circulation

Volumn 108, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 2298-2303

  Chen, Peng Sheng ^a   Wu, Tsu Juey ^b   Ting, Chih Tai ^b   Karagueuzian, Hrayr S ^a   Garfinkel, Alan ^c   Lin, Shien Fong ^a   Weiss, James N ^c  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Death, sudden; Drugs; Electrophysiology; Heart arrest

Indexed keywords

DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GALLOPAMIL; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RABBITS; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TETRODOTOXIN; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0242442157     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000094404.26004.07     Document Type: Review

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