Types of ventricular fibrillation: 1, 2, 4, 5, or 300,000?

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1441-1443

  Ideker, Raymond E ^a,b,c,d   Rogers, Jack ^b,c   Huang, Jian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c and Radiation Oncology   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLOPAMIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CINERADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DRUG EFFECT; EDITORIAL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SUDDEN DEATH; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RABBITS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 10944239535     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2004.04589.x     Document Type: Editorial

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