Role of dipolar and nondipolar components of the T wave in determining the T wave residuum in an isolated rabbit heart model

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 356-363

  Biagetti, Marcelo O ^a   Arini, Pedro D ^a   Valverde, Esteban R ^a   Bretran, Guillermo C ^a   Quinteiro, Ricardo A ^a,b  

^a FAVALORO UNIVERSITY   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Electrocardiographic repolarization signal analysis; Premature ventricular stimulation; Sotalol; T wave residuum; Transmural repolarization dispersion

Indexed keywords

SOTALOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; ISOLATED HEART; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT DISPERSION; RABBIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; T WAVE;

EID: 1842531818     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2004.03466.x     Document Type: Article

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