The slippery slope of human ventricular arrhythmias

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1364-1365

  Shivkumar, Kalyanam ^a   Weiss, James N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART CYCLE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 10944268163     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2004.04633.x     Document Type: Editorial

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