The vulnerable period for low and high energy T-wave shocks: Role of dispersion of repolarisation and effect of d-sotalol

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 953-962

  Kirchhof, Paulus F ^a,b   Larissa Fabritz, C ^a,b   Zabel, Markus ^a   Franz, Michael R ^a,c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Monophasic action potential; Repolarisation; T wave shock; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

SOTALOL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; ISOLATED HEART; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REGIONAL PERFUSION; SHOCK WAVE; T WAVE;

EID: 0342538937     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(96)00058-2     Document Type: Article

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