Spatiotemporal Correlation between Phase Singularities and Wavebreaks during Ventricular Fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1103-1109

  Liu, Yen Bin ^a   Peter, Anish ^a   Lamp, Scott T ^b   Weiss, James N ^b   Chen, Peng Sheng ^a   Lin, Shien Fong ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Optical mapping; Phase singularity; Ventricular fibrillation; Wavebreak

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; ISOLATED HEART; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; PHASE SINGULARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; RABBITS; STATISTICS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0242467138     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2003.03218.x     Document Type: Article

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